J.R.

laubster @ 2009-11-29T21:33:00

2009-11-30T03:33:45Z

I was really slugish today even though I slept well last night. I'll try sleeping again tonight. 3 more classes left.

A while

2009-11-07T19:09:57Z

I haven't done this in a while. Currently I'm working at my first class in the TSU Master's of Public Administration program. I'm thinking of trying to get the MPA along with the certificate in non-profit organizations. That will hopefully give me some options other than the state. Yayoi and I play a lot of Dr. Mario. We were looking at a house but have since decided against it for now.

Tired

2009-05-31T02:44:48Z

Yayoi is sleeping now. We are trying to watch 24 Season 4 which was the first season I didn't finish but have had on DVD since Christmas 2005. Now that my comic collection is winding down I will have more time for other things. I picked up my penultimate regular new issue (Justice Society of America 27) yesterday. For the last year and a half I've been buying tons of comics in order to fill in my collection but the last few weeks I have absorbed almost all of the 50 cent fodder books and have planed to exit new titles in exchange for trades.

Went to the Y four times this week for about an hour and a half each time. 35 minutes elliptical 4 minutes stretching and 4 or 5 weight machine excercises.

Saw Slumdog Millionaire today. I can see why it got best picture. Liked it a lot. I want to see Star Trek tomorrow but Yayoi hates sci-fi. John Ostrander is going to be at the Superman Festival this year. Oh yeah!

Easter

2009-04-13T03:42:05Z

Today was pretty good. I kept busy.

Didn't read any comics but read the first 10 percent of Cheaper by the Dozen for Yayoi's book club. Pretty cool.

Detailed our new 2010 Honda Insight then worked on patching the computer chair in our room.

Saw Robocop 2. Evil children in things annoy me. It is hard to take them seriously.

Now I have a headache.

I started working with Kiva.org to give microloans to people. This is cool because it helps build trade and infrastructure as opposed to just piling money into feeding someone rice or something. Plus if you get your money back you can loan it out to someone else.

Tired

2009-04-12T02:05:00Z

I have been really tired lately. I'm thinking about keeping livejournal and facebook and getting rid of myspace. That would be much simpler. I haven't had any ideas lately about things to write so maybe getting used to writing again would be helpful.

About two weeks ago Yayoi and I bought a 2010 Honda Insight. It is pretty cool. We could have gone cheaper and bought a used Prius but it wouldn't be long until the battery needed replacing or some little thing went wrong. The cost savings wouldn't be all the much. It is neat because the speedometer glows blue and green depending on how efficiently you are driving. There are also lots of ways to measure your driving and it scores you at the end of a trip. If you were to drive as environmentally conscious as the scale goes you would be drug out of your car and shot by someone. It trains you to drive like a very old man.

Yayoi worked today at Publix and later at Miyako. I spent the day rearranging my comics. At the next sale Great Escape has I will have to stock up on supplies.

I liked Watchmen despite the removal of some of the more emotionally resonant parts in it. Re-reading the comic has caused me to get another case of "The Watchmen Effect" where every other superhero comic is completely lifeless after it. Most new stuff is pretty bland. I really like the Sandman Mystery Theater trades though. The Denny O Neil issues of Justice League of America also stood up to "the Watchmen effect" pretty well.

I'm still digging on Lost. It has gone on to surpass Twin Peaks as my favorite show of all time. It has to be the most complex show ever on television. I'm trying to figure out what the point of all of it is. To what is it leading?

usaservice.org

2009-02-23T00:39:47Z

I signed up to clean up Percy Priest Lake at usaservice.org

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Writer's Block: Table for One

2009-02-03T22:55:33Z

Do you ever go out to dinner (at a sit-down restaurant) by yourself?

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Yes

whoa!!

2009-01-23T05:26:23Z

My Political Views
I am a far-left moderate social libertarian
Left: 8.46, Libertarian: 3.47

Political Spectrum Quiz

My Foreign Policy Views
Score: -7.12

Political Spectrum Quiz

My Culture War Stance
Score: -6.07

Political Spectrum Quiz

Writer's Block: So Long, Farewell

2009-01-21T00:17:45Z

It's the last day in office for George Bush. There's been a lot of talk in the media lately about Bush's legacy. What do you think he will be most remembered for?

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General incompetence.

MPA

2009-01-09T04:22:41Z

I'm getting ready to apply for a Master of Public Administration at TSU.

Yayoi has an interview Monday over by the airport.

I just finished reading the entire run of The Question and am now reading the complete Giffen DeMattis Justice League from begining to end in chronological order.

On the bus I'm reading Principles of Psychology by William James.

Writer's Block: The only true question:

2008-05-28T02:02:40Z

Ninjas

ARGHHH!!!!!

2008-02-19T04:51:37Z

I've been dealing with Bank of America for almost a month trying to get a letter of reference from them that was lost in the mail.

First they said it would be 7-10 days to get it.
Then they said 7-10 working days from the order and 3 working days from the time it was billed for and sent.
Then they said it would be 7-10 business days from the time it was billed for and sent.
Then they said it would be 14 business days from the time it was sent due to tax season.
Then they said they would just fax it to a bank if I picked a location to pick it up. So I did.
Then they said they couldn't fax it and that I would have to talk it over with the people in the bank.

I know when I go in there at lunch tomorrow they will say that they don't know of any procedure like faxing it in and that I should call the 1800 number and talk to this with them.

Now it cost 50 dollars to get this They billed me back on the 29th. Tomorrow is the 18th. I placed my order on the 25th.

Writer's Block: Happily Ever After?

2008-02-16T02:30:30Z

How did you spend Valentine's Day?

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Eating candy at work!!!

The times they are a changin'

2008-01-06T22:04:58Z

77% Barack Obama
76% John Edwards
75% Joe Biden
74% Mike Gravel
74% Hillary Clinton
73% Chris Dodd
69% Bill Richardson
67% Dennis Kucinich
42% John McCain
41% Rudy Giuliani
39% Tom Tancredo
37% Mike Huckabee
29% Mitt Romney
28% Ron Paul
27% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

laubster @ 2007-12-22T23:24:00

2007-12-23T05:40:47Z

1) Where did you begin 2007?
My house

2) What was your status on Valentine's Day?
Dating via webcam?

3) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
No.

4) How did you earn your money?
HR work.

5) Did you have to go to the hospital?
No

6) Did you have any encounters with the police?
No

7) Where did you go on vacation?
Japan

8) What did you purchase that was over $1000?
Engagement ring, plane tickets

9) Did you know anybody who got married?
Yes

10) Did you know anybody who passed away?
No

12) Did you move anywhere?
No

14) What concerts/shows did you go to?
The biggest this year was Mike Doughty

15) Are you registered to vote?
Yes

16) Who did you want to win Big Brother?
Didn't watch it.

17) Where do you live now?
Nashville Tennessee

18)Describe your birthday?
driving my mom to and from the hospital for a test

19) What's one thing you thought you'd never do but did in 2007?
Lot's of things. Where to begin...

20) What has been your favorite moment?
the moments spent with Yayoi

21) What's something you learned about yourself?
That I will spend money on comics if I get them at a good price.

22) Any new additions to your family?
Yayoi

23.) What was your worst month?
September was bad because I was sick for part of it and almost quit my job due to stress/sickness. July was difficult because I found out I was going to be laid off.

24.) What music will you remember 2007 by?
Rockstar by that band that has the music that slowly eats my soul Nickleback or Silverfish or whatever. Every time I start to work at the state they are all over the radio. Now I ride the bus to work so it is all good.

25) Who has been your best drinking buddy?
Yayoi

26) Made new friends?
Yes.

27) New best friends?
No.

28) Favorite Night out?
That would have to be either Asakusa, Gion or Seisekisakuragaoka.

No Nakagin Capsule Tower No!!!

2007-10-09T03:19:10Z

Arghhhh!!! They are going to tear down the Nakagin Capsule Tower!!!!!! At least I got to see it live when I went to Japan. Hopefully they won't do it until I get back over there.

http://www.arcspace.com/architects/kurokawa/nakagin/nakagin.html

Time

2007-10-07T23:08:31Z

20 Years ago I was in 3rd grade. Starting my first year in Nashville at St. Henry's School. Probably arguing with Kevin Bishop about the color of the duck in our Under the Big Top poster for the Carnival.

15 years ago I was in 8th grade. Riding home with the Andersons so I could watch Batman the Animated series and a big supporter of Ross Perot.

10 years ago. I was starting UTM and begining to hang out at Iman's. Talking comics with Scarcrest was another big thing that fall. My first Calzone. Failing Chemistry.

5 years ago. I was just past my probationary period as a clerk at Tenncare. Starting MTSU taking a graduate course in Industrial and Orgainzational Psychology. Getting ready for Travis' Halloween party.

2 years ago. I was going to Christopher French's wedding. Drinking and dancing a lot.

Last year. I was waiting for season 3 of LOST to start after just watching seasons 1 and 2 on DVD and preparing to go to Japan.

Yesterday. I talked to Yayoi and ate chocolate cake with cherries Plus I bought a belt, had sushi for lunch, and bought some antifungal medicine to cure a ringworm infection that came from this over thick and sweaty leather watchband I have. Ewwww.

Today. Today I washed, waxed, vacumed, Armoralled and Febreezed my car as well as did isometric excercises while reading 3 or 4 more issues of the Malev War issues of Magnus: Robot Fighter and Rai and the Future Force.

Tomorrow I have to go to work again. Boo hoo hoo.

I'm down with BOPP. Yeah you know me!

2007-09-05T00:30:05Z

I'm back at BOPP starting today and I have one of the craziest jobs ever. I'm like the glue that connects the sections. Not only will I handle occasional payroll problems but I will also work on transactions and helping to bring the Edison program to BOPP. I have no cube but I do have a laptop which I can set up anywhere and get to work.

Wow.

2007-09-02T21:35:41Z

Yayoi's visit here was great. If only she didn't like shopping so much. But it allowed me to get a good chunk of the latest 100 Bullets trade paperback read.

Livin' on a Prayer

2007-08-25T18:37:01Z

I just passed the halfway mark of collecting the entire Valiant Universe. 409 down 402 books to go. Did they really make that many?

The beast between us

2007-08-24T02:49:38Z

Thanks to Google Earth I found out that the shortest distance between my (my mom's)condo and Yayoi's apartment is 6,661.06 miles.

Today

2007-08-21T02:18:39Z

Trying to figure out what to do with my life. Not sure. Read Gotham Central book 2 and the first half of the Harely and Ivy trade.

9 more days until Yayoi.

Protest

2007-08-15T12:27:34Z

If people want to protest something they should just quit spending money on things they don't need.

When the tigers broke free

2007-08-13T12:11:53Z

I had some weird dreams last night including one where I was at a museum of Asian stuff and I had to help free a bunch of women in this silk sweat shop. Then I was hanging out and Ted Nugent pulled up with a dumptruck full of (maybe about 12 or so) large tiger carcasses and was talking about hunting at Sigfried and Roy's house or something but then the tigers were playing possom and got up and started to attack. The weird part was I woke up laughing and not scarred or anything.

laubster @ 2007-08-06T23:01:00

2007-08-07T04:01:56Z

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