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| buy some art to fund sick kitty healthcare |
[22 Sep 2008|11:29pm] |
one of belinda's cats is pretty ill and she's got a hefty vet bill coming. to pay for it, she's put some of her smaller paintings up for sale at discounted prices. check them out over here.
i'd gotten kind of attached to the red one, so i bought it. ;)
i really wanted to get a whole entry in tonight, but i'm going to crash. czech out the paintings and help sick cats.
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[26 Nov 2007|09:17pm] |
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the new buddyrevelles record is pretty awesome.
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[06 Sep 2007|02:20pm] |
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| the dig previously mentioned.. |
[13 Aug 2007|11:12am] |
here's a photo from that last post about the dig. i think generally people don't know what to expect when you mention archaeology. in this case, there were 6 pits total. one kind of caved in, one was refilled (i guess they were done with it) and a couple ran out of interesting things.
in the photo, the unit with the guy in the red shirt was really the prized one. it had one or more fire pits, as well as some brick and mortar remnants.
the nearest unit showed some stuff on the ground penetrating radar (where the two raised sections are) but there wasn't much there save for a lens of old shells. lower in that pit was more brick and mortar, so it's likely that both pits are inside of the same feature. i sifted a lot from this pit. there was a ton of tiny decaying brick chunks and mortar, etc, but there were also some interesting flint pieces and both historic and prehistoric pottery sherds.
the pit to the near left was the one that deteriorated. i don't know many details about it since i wasn't there when they were working on it.
the unit to the far left that professor shurr is working in had a "birdstone" which are generally though to be the handle of spear throwing devices called atlatls. when i was there, he didn't find anything more.
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| digging. |
[09 Aug 2007|09:02am] |
i went on an archaeological dig yesterday near south bend. it was pretty cool. i figured i ought to go to this one while i have the chance since all other archaeology students get the opportunity to travel great distances and go on big digs.. i figure that i'm lucky to have the chance to get in a small indian trading post within 2 hours of me and for free. i didn't do any hardcore work. i think about the most interesting stuff i did was sort midden, which was just like dumping a bucket of everything that comes out of the pit onto a sorting table, shaking the dirt out, and then bagging whats left. most of it was bits of deteriorated brick and mortar, but there were a few arrow points, historic and pre-historic pottery sherds, nails, pins, bones, etc. one of the pits was a meter and a half deep and very stratified, which i think isn't a terribly common thing to find. this particular pit held historic and prehistoric fire pits as well as the other debris.
i think it would be fun to go to field school and be able to do this stuff more readily, but there certainly are down times to it. even at the most active, it's not the most exciting work in the world. still, i had fun.
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| just random stuff. |
[25 Jun 2007|03:35pm] |
well, i managed to lose 5 pounds last week. i only skipped one day and have added some upper body work out to the rest of the routine. seems to work well. my diet has been better too because i have been many days without fast food. (save a jimmy johns) but i'm still eating regular crappy food.. i'm just making it at home and it seems to be for the best.
speaking of, i've been making an effort to cook more and it's going ok. my big score for the week was a can of this excellent green tomatillo sauce that was only a quarter. i've been putting it on everything. most notably the gigantic breakfast burritos i had for dinner the other day. i also took some time and figured out how to do pancakes. i know it is a simple procedure, but it's one of those things that i never took the time to learn right - i'd end up with a pan full of half burnt-half raw stuff. but i think i've got it now. viva la pancake!
salmon patties are on the list, but i'm a bit frightened of that still.
my food related "what grinds my gears" for the week is lettuce. that crap doesn't stay green long enough to eat it all. ..even if i eat a salad or two every day. and they don't sell small bags at the store. that really grinds my gears.
i'm not having any luck selling stuff. i had a bite on the bike and the grill, but they both passed. i really need to just start going through the garage and basement and throwing things away. too much stuff. other things on the list are actually calling to get info on the short sale thing for the mortgage and maybe going ahead and getting a storage unit and beggining to pack it up. it's not like i use even a quarter of the junk in my house.
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| this weekend i... |
[18 Jun 2007|11:10am] |
went to a rock show
was slightly involved in a brawl
didn't have band practice
may or may not have been accomplice to an illegal act
saw 2 movies
instant messaged with my brother in france (where he said he had eaten mcdonalds)
called dad
thought about a lot of people from the past who i miss
ate a ton of awesome food.
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| current things. |
[15 Jun 2007|03:51pm] |
i am again ansy. except today i am being mouthy as well. i shall blame the blue cheese for my disposition.
Jessie came up yesterday to visit giving me adequate reason to clean the house. it needed it too. the cats have turned into destroyers of cleanliness. anyway, we hit the city grill which i've not been to in what i estimate to be 2 years. karen complained about her earlier visit to the place on the grounds that everything was a strange combination, but based on yesterdays meal, i maintain that it is still one of the best places to dine in town. (golden corral aside, of course)
then it was over to the west side so she could grab an assortment of wines and boozes for her dad. i can't say that i visit all that many liquor stores/wine shops, but villiage bottle shop never disappoints. we tried kitchen art too for a couple of things only to find that they closed at 6. (mind you, it was like 9:30 at this point, so it wasn't the largest surprise)
i still don't really know what to get my dad for fathers day. we've worn out getting him harley stuff, he doesn't want tools.. etc. i may have to settle for just a card.
i am going down to indy to see the lorettas tonight. i kind of hope there is more going on post show, but if not, i am also kind of hoping to get back here in time to hang out at hunters where tylers wife michelle is having her birthday time.
what else..
spanish is going ok. the teacher just talks for most of the time which makes it go quickly, and i kind of feel like i might be learning something. i need to stay on top of the readings though.
oh, and i don't know if i mentioned it, but if anyone ever considers getting a netgear SC101 network attached storage thing, don't do it! it's a piece of crap. i was going to take it back but then realized that it wrote all my data in a propietary format, so i really don't have a reasonable way of fixing things. ugh.
if anyone is interested, i'm selling my char griller super-pro grillw/ cover ($75), a gary fisher BMX bike($75), an old console stereo($10), a hodgepodge set of golf clubs(20) and a rickety old tripplet tube tester(20). talk at me for details.
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| bored bored bored. |
[13 Jun 2007|03:41pm] |
i'm kind of stir crazy at the moment.
there was an exploded pigeon in my back yard last night when i mowed. it was already in too many pieces to pick up, so i mowed it. meh.
don't buy the netgear SC101 network drive thing. it sucks. i really blew it on this purchase, validating my stance that i am an inept IT dude. i should have just got the 500G USB2 drive and saved myself 30 bucks and some pain. oh well. i think i'm going to be able to salvage what i have to meet my needs, but it's still a waste of money.
my radio show is tonight at 9-11p EST. i'm not going to post about it a lot here, because it's already annoying enough to remind people, but listen if you like. you can stream it at www.purdue.edu/radio
going to hunt forms on my computer.....
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| computer junk and food?> |
[11 Jun 2007|04:29pm] |
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i think i'm going to go buy some hard drive tonight. i buy technology crap so rarely.. i really despise it. it seems like such a waste, but there are times like now where i can't just scavenge what i need. all my old server drives are starting to die.. i also am required to have a scary server running all the time to keep the data online. that machine used to be my tivo so it didn't matter, but it just got too old. i'm kind of afraid it will catch on fire.
anyway, i think i'm going to break down and get the network storage thing i've wanted for a long time. it doesn't seem like the optimum choice, but it might be the most sensible. it holds two ATA drives, so i can have one be redundant, and since it's networked, i wont have to screw with the NTFS/FAT32/HFS dilemma i've been dreading since i need this to be accessible to macs and PCs. so anyway, i'll probably be dropping about $160. whack. i need truck tires too. i may pull that out of savings.
my other story of the day... today i felt brave enough to order something at kibu cafe other than a lunch special, so i got tonkatsu, which has always looked kind of good to me. there i am feeling all cool that i ordered something different, and what arrives but spicy pork. she's like "spicy pork?" and i'm like "i ordered tonkatsu, but i'll take that if it's for me" i mean, i didn't want to screw someone else over if they just switched our order. the lady checked for other "waiting for an order" tickets in the room and came back and gave me a look like "are you sure this isn't yours?". so then i wait a while longer and the dude that took my order came with the food and threw it all out really quick and didn't say anything to me. i don't know if i pissed them off or what. if i understand correctly, spicy pork would be tonkarai, which even with my lousy attempt at proper pronunciation doesn't sound much like tonkatsu. oh well. next time i will just use a menu and point i guess.
the tonkatsu was super good though. the sauce had almost an apple flavor to it, very sweet. the kim chi and fish cakes were better than usual.
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| oh man. |
[08 Jun 2007|01:57pm] |
mock orange is playing with wheat tonight in bloomington and i totally want to go.. but i probably wont. i've been awfully spendy lately and have trips to indy and lebanon this weekend as well. it's kind of cool how mock orange are kind of the musical guardians of the little outpost that is the area down at the tip of indiana. at least thats how it seems to me. when they aren't on the road, they get to seemingly play host to any good bands passing through. i think that would be a real good gig.
btw, for any that haven't heard it, the new wheat record is pretty goot. i reccomend.
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| random things |
[04 Jun 2007|11:35am] |
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it was a busy social weekend.
the hamricks were in town, so i stopped by to see them at a cookout at ians. then i made it down to hunters for a bit.. well, really it was a lot longer than a bit. i was there pretty much all night. that place can be so hit or miss on nights that shows aren't going on, but there were a constant rotation of friends there this time. maria and i decided it would be cool to do a walker tribute band. tony later said he would be in for drumming.
because of the late night we skipped practice, which was a bummer, but realistically, i don't think i could have even done it. it gave me time to rest up for damon and beckys housewarming party which also was a good time. i don't get to see teh boys that often anymore, so any excuse is a good one. chris haskett and the rube clan were there, jessie came up from greencastle, and there were a lot of people from past parties of damon and becky's as well as pub crawls, who i recognized but whose names escape me. it's too bad the miranda sounds didn't come, but they had a big show sunday in columbus which i'm sure influenced their plans.
i blew it sunday and didn't get much done. i did get groceries.+ btw, if anyone wants some "blue crab" dip, let me know. i got a tub of it because it sounded good, but i decided i don't like it in the least.
this morning i decided that i need to attempt to clean the bathroom. i know the whole things going to disintegrate as soon as i touch it, but it's frickin gross. i'm still unsure with what to do with that room. anyway, i was thinking about doing it tonight, but i also really want to get into the studio and finish ripping all the CDs and getting them in the library before tomorrow.
my e-mail has somehow landed on a bunch of french spam lists for parties and concerts. i'm unsure if i am annoyed or amused by this.
VH1 had a top 40 soft rock countdown on yesterday. it was pretty smooth. JD Ryznar and hollywood steve were both on it.
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[01 Jun 2007|12:46pm] |
got a weight bench yesterday. i've wanted a decent one for a while.. haven't had one since dad had the house in beech grove. no good deals had come up and thats the kind of thing that i just can't see paying real money for. so finally found one. the timing was good because my corec membership is up, and i hate to renew it just for the summer. (it's pretty pricey) so, i hope to work in a little weight training with my running and abs stuff to maybe fill out the week. chris (from summerfield.. too many chris'!) was saying that you really have to work out everyday to see gains, and i would tend to believe him. tony is doing the workout via work plan since he started at SIA. i think that will be helpful. i've always wished i moved around more since i've had this job even though i wanted the opposite before i got it.
oh, also, last week i went and saw the pirates movie with chip. it was pretty good, although i get the feeling that they are just going to keep churning that series out forever.
also, none of those pirates hold a candle to the dread pirate roberts.
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[31 May 2007|01:04pm] |
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| first show back |
[28 May 2007|04:45pm] |
the show yesterday went swimmingly. tony's hand had been cramping really badly at practice before the show despite spending a lot of time warming up, but he took a mega dose of potassium that seemed to help him get through. we played one of our best sets (despite it being short) and people seemed to like it..
i was pretty much done after 5 songs though. my hands and my lungs. i reckon that it's good exercise. i hope we play some more shows and can ramp up the set length.
also, the freebie fender amp seemed to be plenty loud. i guess it was right behind my head and all, but yeah...
i don't have a recording from that performance, but if anyone wants to give a listen to the old recordings, you can check out the EP, demos, and a [horrid] live set here: http://www.jcharles00.com/summerfield
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[25 May 2007|11:55am] |
OMG. i don't think i mentioned it on here yet, but my quads have been KILLING me. the IT band stretches seemed to have worked, and i got a mile of running in (which is a pretty good baseline as far as i go) but i didn't think about the fact that i haven't run in so long. this was like two days ago and i still hurt. it's better though. i'm going to try and get in a lap around the park today maybe and see if it doesn't stretch me out a bit.
hmm.. what else. therapy was pretty good this week. i hadn't realized it until she mentioned it, but i'm doing all the things i wanted to do in regards to relationships. i hate writing too much about that in public, but i guess i mean to say that i have actively been avoiding some of my past bad habits.. and basically trying to not constantly validate myself with the relationships i'm in. but yeah, thats good.
this weekend there are a couple of cookouts and a couple of shows going on that i'd like to hit. i don't know if i will make it to all. i'd like to get some of that work i mentioned earlier done on the truck too. but mostly, it's sci-fi friday, and i'm glad even though it looks like both stargate episodes will be kind of lame this week.
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| i'm dumb. |
[24 May 2007|03:40pm] |
while i am generally very aware of my social shortcomings, it still embarasses me to hear about some of the dumb things i do. today at lunch i was noticing how i tend to randomly pick up a conversational thread that i had dropped some minutes or hours earlier. i suspected that it was a new thing and that i'm continuously getting dumber. karen tells me that i've done this as long as she's known me though, which is simultaneously relieving and annoying. i also repeat things numerous times, but then will say something else once and think that i've brought it up many times. i'm sure reading this journal back very far exhibits these concepts quite well. sometimes my weird thought process amazes me.
another personal issue thats been on my mind lately is my lack of direction. as above, it's something that i've typed here many times in the past. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kurtmorris wrote a bit on the subject the other day that kind of triggered me thinking. i too get depressed and feel like there's nothing i can do that has a point. i often long to live it past times when it was easier to make amazing discoveries... i watched a show about goerge washington carver the other day. i'm totally not trying to downplay his work, but compared to the things that pass for major discoveries today, a lot of his stuff was a good hunch and some follow up. newton? granted, thats some crazy thinking, but it's not wild math or anything. today, to make a discovery, you have to go through some wicked post graduate program just to understand whats going on in your field. i think that is kind of limiting for a lot of free thinkers who just don't have the attention span to go through all that. i realize that this is just how it is. but it annoys me. i wish i didn't have to be an IT pleeb all my life.
i've been having more ideas lately of what could be done with my com degree provided i finish it. my outlook is certainly better than it was when i started. at this particular point i would really really like to go to grad school so i could do a focus on computer mediated communication. it's really something i'm quite interested in, and i think it an important area of study despite the (at least from what i've seen) apparent lack of useful research. i'd also really still love to be an ethnographer. probably couldn't hack that.
meh. i need to get back to work.
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| it's so hard to be energized |
[22 May 2007|11:14am] |
maybe i have a little bit of energy back. i worked out for a tiny amount of time last night. the dumb corec closes at 8p now, so i couldn't go. i'm probably up to renew my pass, but if they're gonna be closing at 8, i don't know if it's worth the $60 or whatever. anyway, i messed around with those IT band stretches.. i'm not convinced that i am doing it right, but i think i may try a lap around the park tonight or tomorrow to see if it helps at all. but anyway, last night i did my ab workout for the first time in at least a month. it makes me feel guilty. i had been on that program for like 4 months and just stopped when i got stressed out with school and life kind of shut down. i also did a bit of yoga.
the point of all this being that i woke up ok this morning. maybe it was the beeping of the garbage truck backing up. who knows.
the canvas experiment i mentioned yesterday is not going as i'd hoped. that stuff just doesn't "stack" up on itself. probably because it's water soluable. like when you spray polyurethane such that each coat wets up the one below it. i think the plaster idea might be the way i have to go. i'm sure belinda will have pertinent ideas on the matter as soon as she sees this.
nick tells me that the price of E85 is now lower than petrol on account of the dramatic recent increase in the latter. i was surprised because E85 was priced kind of stupidly the last time i bought any. regardless, i am again hopeful that my flex fuel truck will earn it's keep and i'll see some return on fuel costs before the $250 fuel pump needs replacing.
speaking of replacing, rather than take the truck to the radiator shop, i'm just going to throw a new upper hose on it and see how it goes. after i get bills paid for this month i think i'm finally going to order the PS pump and a new passenger side mirror. i don't really know what i'm going to do about the oil pan seal since i really don't have anyone left to assist me. i've had enough near death experiences alone under the trans am for this lifetime.
as always, there was more i wanted to write, but i've forgotten. i swear that one day my journal will get back to being interesting and i'll post pictures and links to neat things. oh, pics.. if you want to see some scary/funny old pictures of me, i just added some to the myspace. feel free to add me myspace.com/jcharles00
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| also.. |
[21 May 2007|03:33pm] |
i bought a whole crapload of painting supplies the other day. i've done 1 painting in the past 10 years so i could really be setting myself up for disaster. anyway, i'm trying some new stuff.. i was to do some different canvas prep treatments.. i got a big jug of gesso. i've never used the stuff. i want to see if it's thick enough that i can really pile it on and then sand it down for a super slick, high gloss finish. i may have to mix it with something. shannon recently posted about mixing gesso with dirt and cigarette ashes, but i'm not really into that. i'm thinking i might try plaster.
i also got some gel medium, which i've also not used. i really don't like using any medium with oils because it's a big pita, but i suppose i need to learn to do things the normal way.... and not waste paint even though i have an abundance. i'd really rather be working in acryllics again though, so maybe it's a good thing to use them all up and just live with the long drying time.
yeah. i got 6 16x20 canvases because they were on sale. 5.99 for a two pack. thats a solid deal.
oh, something else worth noting.. summerfield is playing a show this weekend. (sunday?) i don't know how it will go. i need to fix one of my basses, since they are both kind of whack at the moment. i should do that tonight. we might play bad. i just want to see how many people remember the songs from how ever many years ago.
man. i am so tired. i got up "early" so i could be in before 9, and i'm just totally dying. i thought i was sugar crashing after lunch, but more sugar didn't even put a dent in it. i'm kind of wondering if i should talk to my doctor about it. i'm so lazy these days. it's not for not trying. i just don't have any energy.
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