Tales of a Geeky Pirate

Absentmindedness

2008-10-07T11:46:02Z

Oh yeah...

It's my birthday.

Hooligan is back

2008-08-19T00:34:41Z

Well, your Hooligan has taken a break, as real life has reared it's ugly head. Real life is in no way more important than football, but it's hard to get a job watching football all day (if anyone wants to give me this job, I'd be awesome at it).

Big week in soccer, as the Olympics are ongoing and the EPL started back up. We, unfortunately, haven't been able to watch as much as we'd like, due to work. And other stuff. We didn't even get to watch the EPL this weekend.

But we did, thanks to the Brother of Hooligan, get to watch the Italy Belgium game in HD this weekend. And it was good. In fact, it was brilliant. We're always happy to see comeuppance here at Hooligan Central, and "The Best Team in the World" got a pretty decent sized helping of it.

Belgium played 65 minutes a man down. Belgium had to pull it's goalie due to injury. Belgium doesn't have the big name players that Italy does. Belgium went down immediately after losing a player (on what, I feel, was a BS call. Yes, he blocked a scoring opportunity, but isn't that what defenders are SUPPOSED to do?). But Belgium won. A man down, against the winners of the World Cup, outgunned and outclassed, Belgium won.

And not only did they win, they ran the game. Italy had not given up a goal in the tourney. They gave up three. Italy didn't get a single goal against Belgium due to the course of play, only on PKs due to fouls in the box. And Italy's goalie got pissed and ejected from the game. It was brilliant!

And, of course, in EPL news Scolari helmed Chelsea to a 4-0 victory by outspending everyone else with Russian Mafia money. Arse won against Brom, which is pretty astonishing since my boys generally lose against pisspoor teams and only beat the good ones. Man U tied their first game, but with Ronaldo the Whiner out recovering from foot surgery and two of their main players out on injury in the course of the game, a tie is pretty good. When you have to pull your lead fullback to midfield, you know you've got some bench depth problems.

On the MLS front, the Galaxy is going through a major shakedown. Alexi Lalas, former MLS star and he of the crazy hair, has been fired as the GM, and the coach, Ruud Gullit, stepped down for "personal reasons" on the same day. Riight, has nothing to do with the fact that they haven't won a game in going on three months. Anyway, Cobi Jones, also a former MLS star and he of the crazy hair, was interim coach for exactly one game (a 2-2 tie, not a spectacular showing, but better than what they've been doing). I approved of that move. This may be Cobi's first year as an assistant coach, but he's played with the Galaxy since the inception of the MLS, only retiring last year. He knows the players, and they respect him It's chancy with his lack of experience, but I think the world of Cobi and was pretty sure he could make it work. Then, today, disaster.

There had been rumours about it for a week. And I was fighting mad over just the rumours. Confirmation came this morning. Bruce Arena, world class screwup, has been named the head coach of the LA Galaxy.

Here's the problem with that. Gullit was the third coach in, like, two years. And was starting to do ok, before this streak of, let's face it, pretty terrible play. Now to replace him they've brought in the guy that got sacked from the US national team for coaching us right out of the World Cup, and who got sacked after just 9 months with the New York Red Bulls for coaching them right out of the league. A perennial loser is not the person to turn your program around, guys. Sure, he might be the winningest coach in US national team history, but how many of those have we had? His record is, at best, marginal. Hell if he showed up to coach WEST BROM he'd get LAUGHED OUT OF THE STADIUM. Instead, he gets handed the plum job of coaching arguably the flagship team of the MLS.

That's enough for today. Next time, I'll talk more about C. Ronaldo and his prissy attempt to milk more money out of Man U., Rooney's bout with the dreaded Muntaba virus, and the Olympic final.

It's a Soccer Summer

2008-06-17T02:26:53Z

Euro 08 remains going and we remain unable to keep up with it as we'd like. Such is life, we suppose. Portugal and the Netherlands are cleaning up. Portugal was expected, but Netherlands is a bit of a suprise. What's even more suprising is that France and Italy are not doing well at all.

France and Italy were the two finalists in the '06 cup, so the fact that they have a chance at not advancing is quite suprising. They play each other next and there's a bit of controversy surrounding it. For those that don't follow tournys we're sure you're not reading anymore, but I'm going to explain it anyway. Wins are 3 points, ties are 1, and losses are nothing. The Dutch have 6 points, France and Italy each have one and Romania has 2. Therefore, because of the relative strengths of the teams and point spread, it might be better for Netherland to throw the game. This would give Romania 5 points, and niether Italy nor France (arguably stronger teams) would advance. While Van Persing says that his team would not throw the game, oddsmakers are giving 25/1 odds on a loss with an own goal. Unheard of.

We here at Hooligan central are also quite unhappy with what's going on in the Premiere league at the moment. Portugal skipper Scolari has been hired on at Chelsea. Mostly we wouldn't care as we don't care for Chelsea, but here's the problem. Ronaldo is considering moving away from Man U next season, as seen in the WTF files for last week. Now, supposing he goes to his national team coach to get his view. Scolari then has a chance to move the best player in the league away from the team that is his biggest competition in the nation. You think he's not going to take the opportunity? At any rate, when the two teams meet on Sept 19th, it's going to be an interesting day.

On the US front, we're significantly happier with how we are doing. We tied Argentina and had some excellent play and chances, and this is the number one seed team in the world right now. We also played Barbados and won 8-0, but we always beat Barbados pretty handily.

Which brings us to the promised topic of last week: why the US are pretty well screwed. Landon Donovan is a decent player, he's got decent attacking skills and has a sense of the field. He's not brilliant, but he is good. HE recently got his 100th cap, which means that he has played in 100 games for the national team. He is the 4th youngest player ever to do so. Would you like to know who else just recently got his 100th cap? David Beckham, international soccer phenom and arguably one of the best players in the world. He has also been on the world stage for soccer for quite a bit longer than the amazing forehead. What this tells me is that England's national team has a great deal more depth of players and options than we do. Our talented player gets 100 caps in 6 years or so. Their phenom gets 100 caps in about 12. We're boned.

Now, for the funniest moment in a long while award, Tommy Smyth's commentary during one of the games last week.
Color Commentator: (during a lull in play) So who do you like in the NBA finals?
Tommy Smyth: (in his awesome Irish accent) I'm going to have to go with LA.
CC: Really? LA?
TS: Aye. I played for the Rangers, you really think that I could get away with rooting for any team that has "Celtic" in it?
Now, the reason this is funny: As you can probably tell, the Rangers and Celtic are rivals in the Scottish football league. Now, imagine if you will, the biggest rivalry in sports that you know. Multiply it by ten. Add in the scottish drinking habits. Then mixim in a large portion of sectarianism, as Celtic fans are generally Catholic and the Rangers are Protestant. Good times.

Next week: more on Euro, the Arsenal curse, and why the god of soccer must be named 'Ronald'

Football is a Good Way to Avoid Real Life...

2008-06-09T00:48:11Z

...just ask Nick Hornby.

Recently I watched the Champion's League final. Some good soccer all around. Manchester won it, much to the elation of my Hooligan friends. I cheered for them, mostly because Big Mike and Ray would have sat on me if I hadn't, and Arse wasn't in it. Also, I'm not a big fan of Chelsea.

It came down to penalty kicks, and honestly, it shouldn't have. Chelsea controlled the ball better and hit the crossbar a few times. Then, on the PK's... Well, I will admit that Ronaldo is a fantastic player and deserves the lauds that he gets, but man. That was a gimme shot, and he knew it. Almost lost them the game. And your heart breaks for John Terry, captain of the team, who did lose the game for his side. One slip on wet grass, and Chelsea gets no silverware.

Your heart also breaks for Eaton, who is older than Terry and will never lead his club at the Champion's League final, barring some sort of disease that attacks everyone better than him at Soccer, which hardly bears thinking about.

The "what the fuck?" award of the month goes to Manchester City owner, Thaksin Shinawatra, former Prime Minister of Thailand and world class fucktard. Man City, a storied club, is, let's face it, a second tier team. Relegated twice in the 90's and even spending one season in the third tier. They haven't won a major honor since before yours truly was even a twinkle in his Momma's eye. Yet, they score a major Coup in signing former England National Team coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. They hit the top of the league for the first time in I don't know and don't want to look it up. They beat crosstown rivals Man U not once, but in both games of the season. Finally, he pulled a team facing relegation up to 9th in the league in one year. Then, despite a top ten finish, entrance to the UEFA cup (by Fair Play rules, but still), and a three year contract, Shinawatra sacked Eriksson. What the fuck?

Runners up are Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid for their ongoing clusterfuck regarding transfers and Ronaldo (no relation) for trying to celebrate a win for Flamengo with hookers. Transvestite hookers. And maybe punching one of them. Maybe I need to get more awards.

As I write this it's halftime in the US-Argentina game. It should be just the beginning, but apparently the casa del Eaton doesn't get ESPN classic, and I am forced to watch it on Galavision, or whatever the local Spanish channel is. That said, the silence is much better than the commentators that ESPN has on, I'm sure, as Tommy Smyth is doing EURO 2008.

At any rate, our boys are doing us proud and it's 0-0. Arg is the top ranked team in the world right now, so I feel that we're doing well against them. In the few minutes I've seen of play, it looks like we're making good chances and playing top notch Football. And thank God for Tim Howard, US goalkeeper extraordinaire.

That's my time for tonight. More later on EURO 08, which I won't be able to devote as much time as I'd like due to work. Fucking work.

Also next time, more on the recent US friendlies and Landon Donovan vs David Beckham: why the US team is in major trouble.

ETA: a new contender for the WTF awards! Eddie Johnson just grabbed an Argentinian's "boys" and dragged him down by them. Dude had to check to make sure they were still there. So Johnson grabbed a Johnson, but didn't get carded.

Update

2008-05-29T22:40:20Z

I found out today that they hired someone "more qualified" for the position. I was told that they appreciate my contributions and how hard I work, but that seems a bit hollow. There was talk of better positions coming down the pipeline in a few weeks, but I'm not sure that I'm willing to stick around for a "might maybe." And while I was taken aside by three supervisors to encourage me not to be disappointed or upset, it seems quite insulting to say that while they recognize that I work my ass off for them, they think that someone else is better for that job.

That being said, I'm getting together my LR contacts to see if I can find a job down there. My team has until I find something down there to offer me this "step up" from what I was applying for. If I can find something similar or better in LR (or anywhere) I will be out of there so fast that they won't even see me.

I will be greatly in need of alcohol this weekend, I think, and also someone to cart my drunken ass around. FYI

Seriously?

2008-05-15T01:55:10Z

Sometimes

2008-04-14T22:51:55Z

Sometimes life sucks.

And sometimes...

No, wait. That first bit is all there is.

Gakked from Evildiorama

2008-03-25T13:06:03Z

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula.
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby’s diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Been rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your music collection
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Gone scuba diving
75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog.
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Sword fought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten engaged
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten married
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Gotten divorced
104. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
108. Taken illegal drugs
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congress person
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. …more than once? - More than thrice?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone’s heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being (no, but I do feel somewhat responsible for their death)
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. …and gotten 86′ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196: Dyed your hair
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested

Politics

2008-01-30T03:32:16Z

Ok, so I know I haven't written anything in a long time. I've been busy, bite me.

Now that that's out of the way, I have a bit of a rant.

So our country is going into an economic downturn, and the government's idea to fix it is to give all the taxpayers $600 fun money. Maybe that will work, I don't know. But I doubt it. Most people are living paycheck to paycheck, or are close enough to it that $600 or $1200 isn't going to make much of a difference. They'll use it to pay bills or bank it. Not enough people are going to use it to buy stuff and put it back into the economy to make a big difference.

So basically, we're running up a big bill that won't do much, when there are much better ways to stimulate the economy. So here's my thought.

We've got a lot of problems going right now. One of the biggest is the housing crisis. Foreclosures are up 75% this year, and up 98% in December, when compared to December of last year. A lot of contracters are going bankrupt, houses aren't selling, etc. etc. It's a bad situation.

Back when we had the great depression, Roosevelt (the slightly less cool one) gave a lot of people jobs through national improvement projects. It kept people going until things got better. And I imagine that for $156 billion (the proposed amount that the economic stimulous is going to cost) we could do one hell of an improvement.

But what could we improve? And what could we use all of those out of work contrators for? I don't know... Maybe to rebuild a city destroyed by the greatest natural disaster in American history? A city that has gotten basically no help from the government?

Just a thought

This is how awesome I am

2007-11-17T15:49:36Z

From here

That's not Eaton doing push-ups -- that's Eaton moving the Earth away from the path of a deadly asteroid.

For Spring Break '07, Eaton drove to Madagascar, riding a chariot pulled by two electric eels.

Ozzy Osbourne bites the heads off of bats. Eaton bites the heads off of Siberian Tigers.

Thousands of years ago Eaton came across a bear. It was so terrified that it fled north into the arctic. It was also so terrified that all of its decendents now have white hair.

Eaton does not hunt because the word hunting implies the possibility of failure. Eaton goes killing.

The saddest moment for children is not when they learn Santa Claus isn't real, it's when they learn Eaton is.

When God said "Let There Be Light," Eaton said "Say Please"

Eaton can win at solitaire with only 18 cards.

When Eaton goes to Vegas, he doesn't have to gamble. The casinos just give him stacks of money.

Eaton once finished "The Song that Never Ends"

Eaton can touch MC Hammer

And Eaton is the only person to ever win a staring contest against Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder at the same time.

ETA: Eaton once visited the Virgin Islands. Now they are just the Islands

Eaton has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoloy card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game UNO.

I am Brian's pent up frustration

2007-11-13T00:41:51Z

You know how sometimes life sucks? And then you're like, wow, life kinda sucks. And then something comes along and says, haha! you think that sucked? Try this on for size. And you're like, yup, that sucks even more. Thanks a lot. Also, you know other people have it worse and you feel bad for feeling so crappy about the stuff that's happening to you?

That's me.

And you know it's no good when I start referencing Palaniuk

Now McSweeney's is printing my life

2007-10-09T13:06:40Z

Wait... I mean this is not me at all. No matter what former girlfriends and women who avoid me in bars say...

Penny Arcade, my life is you

2007-10-07T21:31:39Z

This is pretty accurate, I'm huge in Canada.

*sigh*, I'm old.

Wodehouse

2007-09-29T15:24:35Z

I recently read some of PG Wodehouse's work, a couple of the Jeeves books. I'm a little conflicted about it, honestly, because I don't know what to think.

For those that don't know, but still care (both of you), the books are about a guy named Bertie Wooster, who is a man of means, but a bit of a fop, or dandy. Bertie thinks quite highly of himself in the fashion and brain departments, but is fairly clear from his narration of the stories that he's not the brightest bulb out there. His sole profession in life seems to be laying about and avoiding marriage. His aunts, among others, wish to see him settled down, so most of his issues tend to stem from this.

Jeeves is his valet, or his "Gentleman's Gentleman" as Bertie calls him. A man of inimitable and untapped talents, Jeeves solves every predicament that his master finds himself in with cunning and guile. He also has been with Bertie long enough that he can tell when Bertie is in trouble, going to be in trouble, or is likely to be in trouble. He also is a font of sayings from Shakepeare and poets that Bertie often mangles, along with citing Jeeves for the words.

More or less, the stories follwo Bertie becoming engaged to a young lady, finding himself involved in deep and crazy situations, often involving petty theft, then Jeeves comes up with a solution to get Bertie out of all the trouble, Bertie gives up whatever habit or piece of clothing that he has picked up which is particularly odious to Jeeves, and everyone (save Bertie and Jeeves) are happily paired off. It's basically like if Lord Vetinari was a servant in a Jane Austen novel.

So it's pretty funny. Jeeves is one of the most compelling and interesting fictional characters I've ever read. However, I'm conflicted about it in that I feel so much more could have been done with him. Imagine it, instead of being a layabout noble, Bertie was a private detective. Or Prime Minister. Or the situations that he got himself involved in were more important than merely "Arrgh, I'm engaged... again." They could be brilliant. Instead they seem a bit... I don't know. It's like a really brilliant physicist working at Hooters (or, to be honest, a guy with a Master's in History temping at Wal-Mart). Like an underuse of talent.

But it's funny enough, I guess, and I'd reccommend them.

Update

2007-09-27T13:09:53Z

I am in a funk.

I do not know why.

That is all.

An Open Letter

2007-09-20T01:24:13Z

Dear DC;

I've been a fan for a few years now. I can quote canon fairly well. I actually sort of understood Crisis on Infinite Earths (sort of). I refer to most of your heroes by their first names, except for the big blue boy scout. Every week, I walk into my local store to see what new crack you have for me this week. Other that Y, (which doesn't count because it's Vertigo, your imprint), a little Spiderman and a short dalliance with the Civil War at that other place, I have been extremely faithful.

I've poured over your hints in your pictures. I've defended Coutndown, saying that it just needed to pick up steam (I'm starting to believe it's just boring).

I've even defended you on some of your more heartless decisions. Kal and Bart? Not cool, but I'm willing to forgive a lot in terms of a story. Vic, too.

But this is a step too far. Killing off Ollie on his wedding night? Having Dinah be the one to have to do it? Him coming at her with a knife?

Ollie has always been the lynchpin of the DCU for me. Fuck Clark. Bruce is just too damned spooky. Ollie has heart and humour and is a great character. You killed him off once, now you had to go and do it again. And Dinah is going to be just fucking devastated.

So that's where it stands. Basically, this is a deal breaker for me. I'm going to continue to pick up the Year One, because I gotta. And I'll pick up the first issue of the new series next month. But guys, if you don't fix it PDQ, I'm out. I have better things to do with my time if you're going to pull shit like that.

No love,
Eaton

Careers

2007-09-17T04:31:55Z

Ganked from Miss emilytheslayer & Maggiella:
1. Go to Career Cruising
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top twenty results.
5. Put the careers you have seriously considered in bold.
6. Italicize any that are part of your current job/career.

1. High School Teacher
2. Curator
3. Director of Photography
4. Director
5. Adoption Counselor
6. Professor
7. Anthropologist
8. Set Designer
9. Costume Designer
10. Music Teacher / Instructor
11. Foreign Language Instructor
12. ESL Teacher
13. Archivist
14. Psychologist
15. Sport Psychology Consultant
16. Historian
17. Genetic Counselor
18. Humanitarian Aid Worker
19. Rehabilitation Counselor
20. Special Effects Technician

I also underlined all the jobs I've done in the past, or at least, stuff like what I've done. Also, number 22 was Actor, which I'd bold and underline, too.

You Nerd

2007-09-05T13:07:44Z

Halloween again

2007-08-19T23:01:54Z

ok, so it's nearing the end of August and once again I have no idea of what I'm doing for a Halloween costume. So I need some help from the peanut gallery.

Now, unlike last time when no one was any help, I'm going to make some suggestions, but I'm open to others.

So, I'm thinking super heroes this year, because that's one genre I've never really done.

My favorite options at the moment are Nightwing:

Red Arrow/Green Arrow:

(PS, I'd prefer Green Arrow, but Red would be easier because it's kinda hard to find green tights it seems. But GA's costume is that same as Roy's, just, you know, green.)

or Havok:

Any others that people think would be good? Any suggestions on which of these? What aboutother, non SPB costume ideas? I'm open, here.

PS Jessi thinks it would be hilarious for me to go as Clark Kent/Superman. I find it... less funny

pirates_shadow @ 2007-08-12T12:56:00

2007-08-12T17:56:15Z

You Are a Peacemaker Soul

You strive to please others and compromise anyway you can.
War or conflict bothers you, and you would do anything to keep the peace.
You are a good mediator and a true negotiator.
Sometimes you do too much, trying so hard to make people happy.

While you keep the peace, you tend to be secretly judgmental.
You lose respect for people who don't like to both give and take.
On the flip side, you've got a graet sense of humor and wit.
You're always dimplomatic and able to give good advice.

Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul, Hunter Soul and Visionary Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

A question

2007-07-10T02:39:01Z

So, I was looking through my archives and came across the stories I told back when Sean was about to get married. They're, like, May '06 and I dont feel like looking them up to link to them at the moment.

Anyway, there was some good feedback on those. And I'm not doing anything particularly creative at this moment in time. So I was thinking... I need to do a serial bunch of stories from my life.

Unfortunately I don't know what I should talk about. So I'm giving youse guys options.

1) women, the girls I've dated, the problems, hassles, heartbreaks, etc.
2) stories I completely made up about me being a pirate or an astronaut
3) random shit I've learned and advice, thoughts on life
4) history stuff
5) why soccer is the best sport ever
6) books you should read and why
7) stories about me and my friends
8) whatever I happen to be thinking about at the time
9) I don't care, go away, I won't read it anyway

Or, if you have another suggestion I'm open to hear it

pirates_shadow @ 2007-05-23T11:09:00

2007-05-23T16:11:19Z

Behold! The Shark Messiah!!

Ok, that's a little glib. But it's actually pretty interesting. Also, I could have made a quite funny quip at Stingrays and Steve Irwin and the Roman Empire, but I chose not to.

pirates_shadow @ 2007-05-22T16:36:00

2007-05-22T21:37:53Z

Man, has it really been almost 2 months since I posted anything? Wow. A lot has happened since then.

Mainly, I have my Master's in History now. Which is nice.

lots of other good things, too, that I don't really feel like talking about right now.

A friendy test

2007-03-30T17:54:25Z

Create your own Friend Test here

pirates_shadow @ 2007-03-27T12:59:00

2007-03-27T18:00:09Z

Unofficial rejection letter from MI recieved this morning. The official one was mailed off this morning.

So I've started the job hunt. Woo.