7:00 wake up, get boy ready
8:00 drop-off boy, wife leaves
8:00 - 3:00 any of the following:
breakfast, laundry, dishes, cleaning, shopping, read, lunch, music, cooking, yell at people on the internet
3:00 pick-up boy, play time, homework, martial arts
5:00 cooking, dinner
6:00 tv time
7:30 bath time
8:00 bed time
8:00 - 11:00 yell at people on the internet, wife returns, sleep
Bored/ing
I'm bored, which is normal, but feeling boring as well.
So I'm going to rest on my laurels and recite them in choral.
I wake up every morning ready to greet greatness
And get greeted by a great mess work in progress.
Lasers and cars and motorcycles and lightning
And psychotic giants and underwater escaping
Have failed to stop me and make me cease to be.
Wake up to pills, whiskey, cigars, and ennui
I used to race cars and jump out of planes
Set Guinness records and cause myself pain.
Lived the breadth of my life. Now I'm living the length
Waiting on the next opportunity to show strength
I got five more months and I'm counting the minutes
Until I can split. I've already quit as a misfit.
Going out of the state until then out of my skull
Bad's always better because good's always dull.
So I'm going to rest on my laurels and recite them in choral.
I wake up every morning ready to greet greatness
And get greeted by a great mess work in progress.
Lasers and cars and motorcycles and lightning
And psychotic giants and underwater escaping
Have failed to stop me and make me cease to be.
Wake up to pills, whiskey, cigars, and ennui
I used to race cars and jump out of planes
Set Guinness records and cause myself pain.
Lived the breadth of my life. Now I'm living the length
Waiting on the next opportunity to show strength
I got five more months and I'm counting the minutes
Until I can split. I've already quit as a misfit.
Going out of the state until then out of my skull
Bad's always better because good's always dull.
Maui
We're moving to Maui. Two Orlando-loving semi-adults and a Disney kid. (probably, it's not locked in yet, for five ish years)
So Hunter grows up to age 5 in Disney World and to age 10 in Hawaii. Spoiled brat.
Maui has one comic book store, the main place to purchase things is a Costco, but we'll be an hour away from even that level of urbanization. We're going to be on the resort side of things. We visit in two weeks, but I'm imagining International Drive with a beachfront. And I hate the beach.
Now I really, really want to move there. I do. But I really, really, really like being negative as well. It makes you seem prophetic when the inevitable doom starts rolling in.
I've been researching like hell all the great things about Maui and Hawaiian life from Pidgin to poke. But I wanted to make a list of all the things I'll miss about Orlando while I'm on a tiny island in the Pacific, 3000 miles from anything else. See, this way, if it all falls through, I can look at this list as all the reasons I should be happy we're staying.
- The lack of beach
- Comic book stores
- Something to do after 8pm
- Readily available supplies for any adventure
- Driving for a really long time
- Pokemon Go
- The ability to make an ass of myself and never see the same people again
- The buffet of culture - not delicious, but there's something of every kind
- A choice in medical and psychiatric care
- My friends. HA! No, fuck those bastards.
- Karaoke every night of the week
- Corona Cigar Company
- Orange Blossom Pilsner
- Bars with passwords behind bookshelves
- Pub crawling
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Wah Lum Kung Fu Temple
- Good schools
- Lazy Moon pizza
- Tijuana Flats
- Jeremiah's Italian Ice
- Churrascarias - where the Brazilians feed you meat on swords
- Mall graveyards
- Disney World, Universal Studios, Legoland, just all the tourist attractions
- Teaching motorcycle riding
- Semi-monthly visits with Mom
- Christmas dinner with In-laws (they're delightful)
- Oh god... Publix. Subs, wings, cleanliness
- The Ravenous Pig
- The Meathouse
- Easy-to-score freelance writing gigs
- Variety on GroupOn
I thought there'd be more but a large chunk of my loves of Orlando were eliminated as they are probably available on Maui (Asian food, local art) or they were examples of things I just like to hate (Full Sail, bad drivers) or both (tourists, heat).
Here's things I'm looking forward to in Maui.
- Island time
- Tourists
- Heat
- A focused epicenter of culture
- New foods and new ways of eating
- New friends that don't know I'm a horrible person. Yet.
- Halloween is apparently a big deal
- Goat farm - milk and cheese
- Living with less
- More time with Kiri
- International vacations - it'd cost half as much as coming back to Orlando than going to Japan or Australia
I'd like to unsubscribe from the postal service
One of my favorite Seinfeld bits is when Kramer tries to cancel his mail service. I so wish it was possible. The best you can do is hold your mail for 30 days over and over, getting one delivery a month. Kiri isn't interested in that. I've managed to reduce my junk mail to Cycle Gear and a couple Occupant flyers. This year I've kept track of what I've gotten delivered to the house, FedEx/UPS/etc included. Just to get an idea.
January
Club: Spice of the month club, Cigar of the month club
Government: Registration reminder
Amazon: Garage door opener x 2, air filter, electric switch, trash can
February
Club: Spice of the month club, Cigar of the month club
Government: Registration, Absentee ballot
Amazon: Garage door opener, floor mat
March
Club: Spice of the month club, Cigar of the month club
January
Club: Spice of the month club, Cigar of the month club
Government: Registration reminder
Amazon: Garage door opener x 2, air filter, electric switch, trash can
February
Club: Spice of the month club, Cigar of the month club
Government: Registration, Absentee ballot
Amazon: Garage door opener, floor mat
March
Club: Spice of the month club, Cigar of the month club
Amazon: Pants, Chromebook, sunglasses, car jack, light switch, nail clipper
Disney: Annual pass
Harry's: Razor blades
Doctor: Refund check
Credit cards: New credit card, renewed credit card, cash advance check
April
Club: Spice of the month club, Cigar of the month club
Amazon: Outlet cover, insulation, Kiri's birthday presents
Credit cards: Gift cards x 4, renewed credit card
Health insurance: New card
Motorcycle Safety Foundation: Curriculum update
Aluminium company: Bill
A bit on P2P
In the beginning there was Napster. And it was good.
So originally peer to peer networks were little more than a LAN with a search function. Look into everyone's shared folders and download from them. Then we got Napster which let us hook up with people around the world and download pieces of the same file from multiple people so it was faster. Napster kept a database of who had what files. That centralized architecture led to them being a target by copyright holders. Eventually file sharing evolved to torrents. Something like the Pirate Bay doesn't hold the list of who owns what. Now they hold torrent files which by themselves are nothing. When put into a torrent client program, the torrents seek out the file associated with the torrent across all torrent clients. Before torrents, you had to decide if you were searching the Napster network or the Limewire network or whatever. With torrents, all networks are searched at once, resulting in better connections from more people and faster downloads.
The actual process is like when Mike Teevee goes across the room in Willy Wonka, but with multiple copies of Mike Teevee being sampled and reassembled by the client program.
The copyright part of all this is that most of the content "shared" doesn't belong to the person sharing and is being shared without permission. In the early days, there was a real push that it was a legitimate platform for new artists. People would tag their original music with "(like Limp Bizkit)" or "(If you like Weird Al you'll like this)". I would search for "comedy" and get weird songs that never became well known but were hilarious. As connection speeds increased though, more movies and albums were shared and the well-intentioned movement was overshadowed by the copyright violators.
Something to remember is that it can take hours to convert a stolen movie to a sharable format and there is no compensation model in the effort. It's always been really weird to think that people are out there are putting all this effort for... a good feeling. It's a feeling of rebellion, or a feeling of community, or a feeling of prestige inside the community for being known for quality or rarity, or a feeling that all information should be free and without copyright as a political statement.
People downloading files are often caught. I don't know much about what happens after that. It is possible to see the IP addresses of people copying a file from you so copyright holders will download a popular torrent they want to scare people away from then watch the IP addresses. They send a stern letter to the internet provider of that IP address. Usually the internet provider tells them to piss off, but sends a stern letter to the user. This, I assume, is to show some sort of compliance with the copyright holders, but more to dissuade the user from file sharing in general which can clog data lines with large file transfers.
Fun fact: In 2000, I saw that Madonna's "Music" music video was going to have a world premiere on MTV. I wrote a paper on p2p and part of it was timing how long it took from it's airing on MTV to being available to download on Napster (back when there was less than 1 GB in the whole network). I think it was 28 minutes.
Fun fact: File sharers love the Oscars. All those Blu-ray copies sent out to so many Academy judges. Some of the movies have just come out in theaters. Someone along the chain of custody of every single movie will put it online and then we get a great copy of a new movie with the added bonus of a subtitle saying something like "Property of Disney - For Academy Consideration Only"
Fun fact: My all time favorite file is the "workprint" for X-Men Origins: Wolverine that had the full movie with only half the effects finished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5AsOEk-ZJU
So originally peer to peer networks were little more than a LAN with a search function. Look into everyone's shared folders and download from them. Then we got Napster which let us hook up with people around the world and download pieces of the same file from multiple people so it was faster. Napster kept a database of who had what files. That centralized architecture led to them being a target by copyright holders. Eventually file sharing evolved to torrents. Something like the Pirate Bay doesn't hold the list of who owns what. Now they hold torrent files which by themselves are nothing. When put into a torrent client program, the torrents seek out the file associated with the torrent across all torrent clients. Before torrents, you had to decide if you were searching the Napster network or the Limewire network or whatever. With torrents, all networks are searched at once, resulting in better connections from more people and faster downloads.
The actual process is like when Mike Teevee goes across the room in Willy Wonka, but with multiple copies of Mike Teevee being sampled and reassembled by the client program.
The copyright part of all this is that most of the content "shared" doesn't belong to the person sharing and is being shared without permission. In the early days, there was a real push that it was a legitimate platform for new artists. People would tag their original music with "(like Limp Bizkit)" or "(If you like Weird Al you'll like this)". I would search for "comedy" and get weird songs that never became well known but were hilarious. As connection speeds increased though, more movies and albums were shared and the well-intentioned movement was overshadowed by the copyright violators.
Something to remember is that it can take hours to convert a stolen movie to a sharable format and there is no compensation model in the effort. It's always been really weird to think that people are out there are putting all this effort for... a good feeling. It's a feeling of rebellion, or a feeling of community, or a feeling of prestige inside the community for being known for quality or rarity, or a feeling that all information should be free and without copyright as a political statement.
People downloading files are often caught. I don't know much about what happens after that. It is possible to see the IP addresses of people copying a file from you so copyright holders will download a popular torrent they want to scare people away from then watch the IP addresses. They send a stern letter to the internet provider of that IP address. Usually the internet provider tells them to piss off, but sends a stern letter to the user. This, I assume, is to show some sort of compliance with the copyright holders, but more to dissuade the user from file sharing in general which can clog data lines with large file transfers.
Fun fact: In 2000, I saw that Madonna's "Music" music video was going to have a world premiere on MTV. I wrote a paper on p2p and part of it was timing how long it took from it's airing on MTV to being available to download on Napster (back when there was less than 1 GB in the whole network). I think it was 28 minutes.
Fun fact: File sharers love the Oscars. All those Blu-ray copies sent out to so many Academy judges. Some of the movies have just come out in theaters. Someone along the chain of custody of every single movie will put it online and then we get a great copy of a new movie with the added bonus of a subtitle saying something like "Property of Disney - For Academy Consideration Only"
Fun fact: My all time favorite file is the "workprint" for X-Men Origins: Wolverine that had the full movie with only half the effects finished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5AsOEk-ZJU
HA!
"What's the issue dear? Why are you holding back from such a man?"
Is it the quickstep way he walks?
Or the acrid way he talks?
Or the scary, hairy weirdness of his feet?
And though we know he's meaning well, he
Always ends up talking cruelly
But you'll never meet a fella who's as fun, loyal, and neat
So he's a bit of a fixer upper
So he's got a few quirks
His peculiar brain, girl, his weird lack of anger
Though he stills comes off a jerk
So he's a bit of a fixer upper, but this we're certain of
You can fix this fixer upper with a little bit of love
Is it the way his arm's impaired?
Or that he walks around bare?
Or that he can't sit still throughout a show?
Are you holding back your fondness
Due to his tailor-hated brawnness?
Or the way he covers up you set his face aglow?
He's just a bit of a fixer upper
He's got a few bugs
His isolation is confirmation
Of his desperation for healing hugs
So he's a big of a fixer upper
But we know what to do
The way to fix this fixer upper
Is to fix him up with you
"Enough! She's still in high school!"
So she's a bit of a grower upper
That's a minor dent
This quote age problem isn't so solemn
And she's still in the age of consent
So she's a bit of a grower upper
Her age's a bit betwixt
Get her to bend on the weekend
And the whole thing will be fixed!
Is it the quickstep way he walks?
Or the acrid way he talks?
Or the scary, hairy weirdness of his feet?
And though we know he's meaning well, he
Always ends up talking cruelly
But you'll never meet a fella who's as fun, loyal, and neat
So he's a bit of a fixer upper
So he's got a few quirks
His peculiar brain, girl, his weird lack of anger
Though he stills comes off a jerk
So he's a bit of a fixer upper, but this we're certain of
You can fix this fixer upper with a little bit of love
Is it the way his arm's impaired?
Or that he walks around bare?
Or that he can't sit still throughout a show?
Are you holding back your fondness
Due to his tailor-hated brawnness?
Or the way he covers up you set his face aglow?
He's just a bit of a fixer upper
He's got a few bugs
His isolation is confirmation
Of his desperation for healing hugs
So he's a big of a fixer upper
But we know what to do
The way to fix this fixer upper
Is to fix him up with you
"Enough! She's still in high school!"
So she's a bit of a grower upper
That's a minor dent
This quote age problem isn't so solemn
And she's still in the age of consent
So she's a bit of a grower upper
Her age's a bit betwixt
Get her to bend on the weekend
And the whole thing will be fixed!
Stuff Check: 100 Thing Challenge
Clothes
* Black: Suit, Helmet, Jacket, Gloves, Dress Shirt
* Blue: T-Shirt, A-Shirt, Shorts x 2, Dress Shirt x 5
* Other: Red Dress Shirt, Brown Pants, Gray Pants x 3
Bedroom
* TV, Roku, Keepsake Box, Laundry Basket, Son of Man Poster
* Bed (Pool Noodles, Medicine Box, Documents, Hard Drive, Hair Clippers, Chromebook 11, Thumb Drive, Kindle, Backpack)
Kitchen
* Drinks: Tea, Soda Stream, Bourbon Slush, Water
* Seasoning: Creole Spice, Hot Sauce, Honey, Splenda, Salt
* Tools: Flatware Set, Travel Mug, Ice Cube Tray, Dehydrator
* Food: Soup, Jerky, Chicken, Rib Steaks x 2, Ground Sirloin x 2, London Broil, Carrots, Egg Whites
Other
* House
* Playroom: Exercise Bike
* Garage: Motorcycle, Tools
* In Wife's Car: Socks, Plimsolls
* Ballroom: Joker Statue, Joker Toy, Humidor
* Carrying: Sandals, Sunglasses, Wedding Ring, iPhone in Wallet Case
* Living Room: Maltese Falcon Poster, Fear and Loathing Poster, XBox One, Chromebook 14
* Bathroom: Wipes, Towel, Shampoo, Razor, Gel, Lotion, Toilet Brush, Plunger, Toothpaste, Toothbrush
* Black: Suit, Helmet, Jacket, Gloves, Dress Shirt
* Blue: T-Shirt, A-Shirt, Shorts x 2, Dress Shirt x 5
* Other: Red Dress Shirt, Brown Pants, Gray Pants x 3
Bedroom
* TV, Roku, Keepsake Box, Laundry Basket, Son of Man Poster
* Bed (Pool Noodles, Medicine Box, Documents, Hard Drive, Hair Clippers, Chromebook 11, Thumb Drive, Kindle, Backpack)
Kitchen
* Drinks: Tea, Soda Stream, Bourbon Slush, Water
* Seasoning: Creole Spice, Hot Sauce, Honey, Splenda, Salt
* Tools: Flatware Set, Travel Mug, Ice Cube Tray, Dehydrator
* Food: Soup, Jerky, Chicken, Rib Steaks x 2, Ground Sirloin x 2, London Broil, Carrots, Egg Whites
Other
* House
* Playroom: Exercise Bike
* Garage: Motorcycle, Tools
* In Wife's Car: Socks, Plimsolls
* Ballroom: Joker Statue, Joker Toy, Humidor
* Carrying: Sandals, Sunglasses, Wedding Ring, iPhone in Wallet Case
* Living Room: Maltese Falcon Poster, Fear and Loathing Poster, XBox One, Chromebook 14
* Bathroom: Wipes, Towel, Shampoo, Razor, Gel, Lotion, Toilet Brush, Plunger, Toothpaste, Toothbrush
- TV
- Roku
- Laundry Basket
- Son of Man Poster
- Bed
- Hard Drive
- Hair Clippers
- Chromebook 11
- Thumb Drive
- Kindle
- Backpack
- Tea
- Bourbon Slush
- Water
- Creole Spice
- Hot Sauce
- Honey
- Splenda
- Salt
- Travel Mug
- Ice Cube Tray
- Soup
- Jerky
- Chicken
- London Broil
- Carrots
- Egg Whites
- Exercise Bike
- Socks
- Plimsolls
- Joker Statue
- Joker Toy
- Sandals
- Sunglasses
- Wedding Ring
- Maltese Falcon Poster
- Fear and Loathing Poster
- Chromebook 14
- Wipes
- Towel
- Shampoo
- Razor
- Gel
- Lotion
- Toilet Brush
- Plunger
- Toothpaste
- Toothbrush
Stuff that could count as one or many things:
49. House
50-51. Rib Steaks x 2
52-53. Ground Sirloin x 2
54-57. Suit (Jacket, Pants, Shirt, Tie)
58-60. Motorcycle Gear (Helmet, Jacket, Gloves)
61-62. Shirts x 2
63-64. Shorts x 2
65-71. Dress Shirt x 7
72-75. Pants x 4
76-79. Flatware Set
80-81. Motorcycle (with saddle bags that are not currently on it)
82-85. iPhone (Wallet Case with driver's license and credit card)
86-88. Soda Stream (with two extra bottles)
89-91. XBox One (with extra controller and charger)
92+. Medicine Box
93+. Document Box
94+. Keepsake Box
95+. Humidor (with 2 keys, cutter, lighter, humidifier and many cigars)
96+. Tools (many, many tools)
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