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November 30th, 2005

countdown of hate

have i ever told you how much i like countdown with keith olbermann? well i like him very much and bloggerman too. of course daily kos likes him too, but why wouldn’t they? he’s one of the last liberals on msnbc which is on o’reily’s hate list. i’m a little suprised that o’reily only hates three news orginazations, but i’m sure that’ll change with time.

somebody on the ‘kos (which strikes me as ridiculous/ironic as saying ‘frisco or the ‘couve) commented that, “Plus Olberman is funny as shit. He’s a more legitimate Jon Stewart in my opinion.” of course then some stewart sycophants chime in that john stewart is teh awesome and nobody could ever be as funny/intelligent/satirical/hot/great/usw. whatever. i won’t even try to hide my disdain for people who think john stewart is the most reliable news source in america (of course they’re being slightly ironic), and think dailykos and many other progressive liberal media outlets are better than making the yuppies feel good about themselves. yeah, that’s keeping it real.

anyhow, back to the olbermann love train. people who think that olbermann’s ripping off john stewart are either idiots, not sport fans, or both. i’d say both for the most part since you know, following sport is so red state. back when olbermann was on sportscenter, he and dan patrick pioneered the snarky presentation that stewart has won legions of fans for. unfortunately, espn is no longer as snarky, though the tradition continues. just check out my morning favourite cold pizza.

whatever. i’m off to go read a good book.

by kendrak | Posted in news stuff, politics, rants, sport | No Comments » |
November 30th, 2005

yoda dog


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Originally uploaded by Ralph DeFelice.

before my brother got his boston terrier lola, i never understood the whole dressing dogs up thing. now i think of costumes and shirts for her.

i found this whilst trolling flickr. isn’t it awesome?

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November 30th, 2005

don’t mess with me!

see that jacket? isn’t it neat? my bosses just got it for me to wear when i go around menacing people for misbehaving in the library. i can now make house calls and demand the speedy return of overdue material and look official wearing such a windbreaker. who’d mess with me?

this gem is from the store are overdue media which is the website for the library themed comic strip unshelved. now, i know what you’re thinking… “a comic about libraries?” yeah, it’s funny, but i don’t know many people who appreciate it who don’t work in a library, seeing as i’m not in that category it doesn’t matter.

ooh. i can’t wait to show it off to the student workers. i know the two of the three today will complain/think i’m a moron. oh they already think that.

i love my job.

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November 29th, 2005

i saw it at fry’s


i saw it at fry’s

Originally uploaded by kendrak.

so last night i went to fry’s with joe. he needed a new power supply for a computer he’s building and i’m never one to turn down a trip to fry’s. in hindsight i should have stayed home and played video games/slept/read/anything. i let him compare alone while i wandered around the legos and robots. i saw the display of sutffed animals at the end of the aisle (see the picture). moments like that made me happy i got a camera phone. (my old phone died and i needed an upgrade.) after a bit i went to check on him. joe wasn’t sure what type to get, so he called mike, since it’s rare that neither of them is away from the internet. this gave me more time to wander and i grew bored and restless. there wasn’t anything interesting at this fry’s and i was tired of some of the employees giving me weird looks. i did find something awesome- a single countertop cereal dispenser. who knew such things existed?!?

finally, after joe got what he wanted and i decided to not get the cereal dispenser nor the bible game, we went home.

lesson lerned- my life is dull.

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November 29th, 2005

two pies! (no turkey)


two pies!

Originally uploaded by kendrak.

this was the third year that i did not go back to sacramento for thanksgiving, and i have to say keeping it low key is nice. not that i don’t miss seeing my family (cos i do), but i’m happy to miss the traffic, drama and stress.

pepito came over around 7 for dinner. we ate, and it was nice and chill. we also played the requisite guitar hero- he’s way better than i am, which means i need to practice. stress factor=0. we also played donkey conga 2 (which sorta sucked) and warriors (you know i like it). around midnightish larry and aaron c came by to hang out. that’s when we all talked, ate pie, drank coffee/sodas/water, and goofed around until the wee hours of the night. the more things like this happen, the more i feel like i’m part of berkeley and berkeley is part of me.

that’s as much introspection as i can muster. you can find more thanksgiving photos here.

by kendrak | Posted in food, personal stuff | No Comments » |
November 28th, 2005

hey you boppers….

this weekend was a warriors weekend of sorts. it started with the video game, brought to you by the same people who make gta so you know it’s good (ie: graphic and bloody). i bought it for joe as a gift for our third anniversary (along with animusic) because he likes the movie and i wanted to play it. the game is perfect for me- just enough skill and a lot of bashing heads.

we watched the movie, since the game is basically the movie plus some back story. through out the movie i kept thinking that the dj on the gang network sounded (and her lips looked) like the chief from where in the world is carmen san diego? i told joe it must be right and he didn’t know. well, lynne thigpen was indeed the actress. i didn’t realise she died in 2003, but then again, i see her every other week on law & order.

the boppers miss her.

by kendrak | Posted in blagg | No Comments » |
November 28th, 2005

free advice no. 14

i was doing great with this blog thing las week, then thanksgiving happened, and that was it. did i do anything friday (or the rest of the weekend) to prevent free advice no. 14 from being timely? if you consider avoiding computers, then yes i did. 3 days late and totally crappy, it’s free advice!!! this week i take on ask amy, because she’s from chicago and the bears won this weekend (like you all care). sorry it’s so crappy.

Dear [Kendra]: I met a guy about two months ago. One night, I went to my friend’s house because he was having a few people over. This guy was there and he was nice and we got along well.

We both had a lot of drink that night and we ended up sleeping with each other, something I fully regret, but unfortunately you can’t go back in time.

About a week later I found out that he’s married but getting a divorce. You can only imagine what I was thinking.

I am not that type of girl at all.

I ran into him about two weeks later and we talked, and he apologized for what happened, and I explained to him that I am not the type of girl who sleeps around and that if he was only looking for a “booty call” that I wasn’t interested. He swore to me that he knows I’m not that type of girl. He said he really enjoyed hanging out with me and wants to hang out again.

We have talked on the phone a few times, haven’t hung out yet, but I am going to hang out with him tonight.

I just don’t know what to do. Do I trust him? I’m just so tired of being used and being treated so badly. For once, I want to meet a nice guy.

Am I wasting my time on him?

– Completely Confused in N.Y.

dear confused,

you got drunk and had sex with a man you didn’t know was married, and now that he says he’s getting a divorce you want him to not think of you as “that kind of girl”? well… he’s an ass for sleeping with you while still legally married and you’re a slut for putting out after a few beers. sucks, doesn’t it?

if you want to meet a “nice guy”, don’t put out after a few drinks! keep your legs together, and don’t date married men. i know this might be hard advice, but lots of people do it everyday- they’re not naturally skanky like you though.

i hope this helps.

Dear [Kendra]: I am a responsible 14-year-old teenager. In my spare time, I watch music videos. My mother recently confronted me about the videos that I watch. She found out from a friend that some of them are inappropriate.

[Kendra], I don’t watch rap videos, and if something is inappropriate, I turn it off.

I like artists such as Jesse McCartney, Jason Mraz and Brie Larson — none of whom is in any way questionable.

My mother said that any video I watch from now on she wants to watch beforehand, to make sure that it is OK.

I take great pleasure in watching music videos and would feel limited if every video I watched had to be looked at beforehand, even though all music videos are edited out of any inappropriate material before put on the computer site.

None of my friends has this problem, and they watch music videos all of the time.

– Alisha in Montana

dear alisha,

i find the music you listen to be very questionable- how the hell do you listen to such crap? people actually like jesse mccartney and jason mraz? you have bad taste, really bad taste. stop bitching about your mom finding the videos to be “questionable” (mom, they’re not- they’re just dull as dirt.), and get some taste that goes beyond seventeen magazine. you’re lame.

i hope this helps.

ps- don’t try to sound all high and mighty by writing in like this. i bet when you have kids, they’ll like “questionable” stuff (rap? wtf!) and you’ll be worse than the pmrc.

Dear [Kendra]: My daughter is planning her 11th birthday party. She invited a few friends, including our two neighbor children. Just a few days before the party, the neighbor called and asked if we could include her three nieces and two nephews. I don’t know how to respond.

– Etiquette Challenged

dear etiquette,

tell them no. it’s hella easy to do. just say, “no, it rhymes with hoe, which describes you.” she’ll get the message.

i hope this helps.

by kendrak | Posted in free advice | No Comments » |
November 23rd, 2005

schni-schna-schnappi!!!

i’m not sure how many people who read this blog are aware of the international sensation known as schnappi das kleine krokodil. he’s from egypt, if you didn’t know. the schnappi album was a huge sensation internationally this past year, and it was totally deserved.

now that i finally have the schnappi album (he’s yet to make a huge impact over here), i’m totally in love with this little guy. he’s the coolest crocodile! i’m even digging his christmas album.

the main reason i’m blogging about schanppi, is because of a weird illustration on the english site. all the more reason to live a vegan lifestyle.

tchüß!!!

by kendrak | Posted in blagg, germanic, music | 2 Comments » |
November 23rd, 2005

last minute holiday borrowing

for anybody who’s worked in a library/used a library for time sensitive research (like for school), you know what the pre-holiday rush is like- especially the pre-thanksgiving/pre-end of the semester rush.

the dean allowed us to go home early today, but i offered to stay late and keep the library open for these last minute borrowers. the people who just need that one book/dissertation/report/manual/paper to work with over the long weekend. we’ve had a steady stream of patrons in and out of here all day, 2/3 of whom have never been in or used this library before. i really like that. it’s tough to explain to them how the library’s layed out (we don’t have signs up yet, since we’re finishing the post-stack shift reflow), and many balk at the manual circulation system. usually the patron sighs, rolls their eyes, and complains about filling out circ cards, and i remind them that managing such a system is no fun for us either, but we deal.

the worst are people who get upset that the book they want is in storage and they need it right this very moment!!!! way to plan ahead! our library is in a small space, full of old technical reports that rarely see action, which is why we send them to the lovely NRLF- where they live a comfortable existence and we have room for newer material that is more likely to be used. about 7% of the collection is in storage and it takes 1-2 days to be recalled. this frustrates patrons to no end- especially patrons who never use the library. this morning some guy got upset because i told him most of the material he wanted was in storage. i offered to page it for him, but warned him it wouldn’t be here till tuesday.

“tuesday? i need it today! i have a paper due monday that i need that stuff for!”

“well, i’m sorry i can’t be of much help then. perhaps if you came in sooner…”

“sooner? yeah. great. now i’m going to fail.”

seriously, not my problem. i felt bad for the guy, but don’t blame me for your poor planning. i know when i was in similar situations, i accepted the fact that i couldn’t use material from NRLF for last minute paper writing because that’s the price of procrastination. naturally, not everybody is that responsible. i hope more patrons come in.

by kendrak | Posted in library work | No Comments » |
November 23rd, 2005

baby britannica boy

do you remember donavan freberg? he’s the son of stan freberg and the kid from the encylopedia britannica commercials. (i thought he was cool back then.)

he’s got a blog, as so many of us do, but i really like his and i don’t know why. it’s all about his crazy childhood, which really sounds intense. he didn’t even have a name really until he was 5. check it out.

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November 23rd, 2005

geek gets the girl, and other horrible myths

nothing bugs me more than a movie where the geek/nerd/dork gets the hot girl. it’s a myth. it sets up those guys to think they actually have a chance, thus ruining it for all of us average/below average girls. (actually it’s true in the reverse too- geek girl gets hot jock boy, usw.)

why does this bug me so much? i dunno. maybe be i grew tired of watching my male friends pine after the hot chick who’d never give them the time of day unless there’s money to make it worth their while. ok, this might be a bit harsh, but you know what i mean. this fantasy is just supported my stupid movies, like just friends, which comes out today. fat dork becomes a hot jock in a record industry job and ends up getting hot girl? huh? sorry, it’s not very believable. what’s more, the fat dork is just some hollywood meat head in a fat suit, and he’s really not that gross. he’s a sanitized version of comic book guy.

i guess it’s not to say that unattractive geeks can’t get hot people to date them, but that it’s not a given in the real world. people need to stop fantasizing about the people they want in tv/movies/real life, and look at something in their own league- their chances of getting lucky are better.

the reason geeks can’t get hot people, is because most hot people are attracted to assholes and jerks. ok, even some geeks are, but they tend to be attractive. i guess you reap what you sow.

by kendrak | Posted in rants | No Comments » |
November 22nd, 2005

beef jerky dog died

the beek jerky looking, ugliest dog in the world died:

Sam, the tiny dog whose hairless body and crooked teeth earned him a reputation as the World’s Ugliest Dog, has died.

The pooch died Friday, just short of his 15th birthday, his owner said.

“I don’t think there’ll ever be another Sam,” Susie Lockheed said, adding: “Some people would think that’s a good thing.”

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November 22nd, 2005

welcome to the free zone…

i don’t know much about scientology, other than it’s just a scam to make money. after ready with scientology wiki i can appreciate how complex of a scam it is. this l. ron hubbard guy was into ellaborate ploys.

i was most suprised to find out that there was something of a reformation within scientology- where the reformers call it the free zone. makes the official church of scientology sound like a tyrant, doesn’t it? i also like how the free zone can’t use the word “scientology” at all (almost entirely due to financial reasons is my guess). here’s a passage from the free zone wiki:

The Church views “rogue” Scientologists with even more disdain than those who dismiss Hubbard’s teachings outright. It lumps all practitioners and believers of unsanctioned Scientology as “squirrels” — a term Hubbard coined to describe those who alter Scientology “technology” or practice it in a nonstandard fashion. This word is comparable in meaning to heretic. In practice, orthodox Scientologists use it to describe all Scientologists who practice outside the Church regardless of their adherence to the technology. This usage is at odds to Hubbard’s original meaning of the word. A lot of “squirrels” are former Church members who left the Church for various reasons — the Church frequently states they were dismissed for “unethical activities”, but many observers say that because of the different meaning ethics has in Scientology, this merely translates to a general accusation they did something the Church viewed as bad for Scientology.

The Church has taken steps to suppress Free Zone and shut it down when possible. It has used copyright and trademark laws to attack various Free Zone factions. Because of this, the Free Zone avoides the use of officially trademarked Scientology words, including Scientology itself.

squirrels! trademarks! oh my! that sounds like a church for me.

by kendrak | Posted in religion, weird stuff | No Comments » |
November 21st, 2005

what a weekend!


the jls in the STOAR

Originally uploaded by kendrak.

this weekend was of note because i actually left the house! seriously.

i went to a party with cellen, which was good. c-leb tried to hypnotize me with her belt buckle, but i was too wise for that. there was also some weird party dynamic where i was in the group that was ostracized from the rest of the party, but whatever. i still had fun.

saturday i got up and worked on guitar hero before trekking out to oakland to meet frank for lunch n stuff. barney’s was out of tofue burgers (they taste better than they sound), so i got one of the blandest falafel sandwiches i’ve ever had. what was i thinking? i also got a spanish disco song stuck in my head at the kerry house. (disco is still not in my good books.) i also learned that people drink goat milk. for some reason, this confuses me even though i’ve often dreamt of having a goat for a pet. oh well.

i got to work more guitar hero in before i had to run up to kalx and then to gilman to broadcast the show. i hadn’t done a remote since before germany, and it was rough but oh well. if you want a good account of the show, read larry’s blog. he waxes poetically about it and gilman like i never could. oh, and the jack london squares’ set in the stoar was great. as seen by the big picture above. the other high light was when joe broke edge outside of gilman! seriously! oh man!

that was pretty much my weekend (plus more guitar hero). not bad, eh?

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