It's The Doc!

Fixed whatever was fucking my site up.

Not that it's for better or worse. FYAD now has my number and as we speak they are crawling through my skin and calling internet police.

I'm ded.

But on the plus side some TF2 last night got me these silly pictures.

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After getting down here I find out my dad volunteered us to watch his friend's miniature pincer puppy. Sure this thing is cute but FUCK is it annoying. If you fail to give it even one minute second of your full attention it starts to whine. I don't know why. Just sits there and whines - it's super depressing. Ugh. I can't even type a lot right now because it's whining at me.

[also I'm not at home so I cannot upload normally, sorry for free image host site]

edit: about 10 seconds after I put it down it dropped a nice fucking shit on my floor

OH MAN I LOVE PUPPIES I WANT LIKE 10 OF THEM YEAH AND SOME KIDS TOO

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In case you haven't gotten the Orange Box yet - go do it. Not only is Portal one of the most unique games you'll play in a very long time, Team Fortress 2 is quite possibly the most solid multiplayer game that has come out in just as long a time. That and everything is just so silly it's hard not to have fun.

Once you do go get TF2/Orange Box, then you can join my server.

tf2.agnph.com
is the IP, and if there isn't any room, send me a message on steam - I'll kick to make room.

In other news I had to get my car's registration renewed - and I was up for an emissions test (again). So I go there, and ended up failing my test for the SAME thing I failed it for last time. The thing that cost me $800 :|

I go to a mechanic and get some bullshit repaired, another $800, but they said my check engine light would stay off. Guess what - it did! (for about 30 minutes). I'm going to see if I can pass the test again, if not I have a waiver so I don't have to pass it. Then I'm going back to the mechanic and asking what they did that costs $800 and still doesn't turn off a check engine light. It's really starting to annoy me. This has kind of bankrupted me this month for anything I was planning on doing. That and I'm leaving for California on the 19th means I have even less money from the week of work I'll be missing :/

Balls.

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This is one of the many many variations of a chocolate martini. I make it this way because I'm usually short on Khalua when I get into the mood for one. Still enjoyable however.

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My legs after my workout hurt, a lot. Mostly my quads and I thought that was because of my squats - I haven't done them in forever. I then read up on squats, because those are HARD, and found out I was doing them really - really wrong.

Or not wrong, just the wrong KIND of squats. I was doing deep squats. Normally when you squat you stop at about 90 degrees of leg bendature. I was going until my ass was inches from the ground. This made getting back up hard as hell and I started to hurt my ankle as I pushed up improperly.

Yesterday when I worked out I did it how I should and it went a lot better - it was a little sore before hand but after the biking and some stretching I was able to do a shorter rep of all my sets.

While at the gym there was only one other guy with me (it being after 2am now, went after work) and he was one of those guys that are there just to say he was at the gym. He came in and sat down at a machine and did three motions then got up and started to text on his phone. He walked over to the mirrors and then took a picture of himself (he wasn't built or anything) before sitting back down and doing another set of 2 motions.

The weight was on the lowest setting and he seemed to just be bored. I swear he was on the phone 80% of the time I was there with him. That at least made me feel better about myself.

-- side note --
Right after typing that paragraph I tabbed out and put my leg up, and got a fat fucking cramp. I think. I don't know what that was but my hamstring just said no and contracted hard, causing a nice splitting pain up and down my entire leg. I had to walk it off and stretch or whatever ended up fixing it.
--side note--

I've been trying to eat more in the morning but I need to go the store and do some shopping. I'd like to munch on some fruits or yogurt or something other than oatmeal but I'm not ever really that hungry when I wake up - food is the last thing on my mind at that time.

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My brother is a personal trainer for 24hr fitness so when I told him I was working out he got all into it. After a few weeks of talking he sent over some books for me to read, which is weird because I was still under the impression he didn't know how. Anyways one of the books has broken down a system how to get "huge". While I don't want to get "huge" (those people look creepy), I will follow it to get some results.

My workouts (three days a week) now go like this:

10 minutes on bike/eliptical
2 minutes stretching

Forward Crunches 3 x 15
Hyperextensions* 3 x 15
Barbell Squats 4 x 15
Barbell Bench Presses 4 x 15
Barbell Rows 4 x 15
Chins / Front Lat Pulldowns 4 x 15
Seated Military Press 4 x 15
Close-Grip Bench Presses 4 x 15
Barbell Curls 4 x 15

I start the first set (other than crunches/hyper/chins) with a warm-up set, usually 50% less than I'm going to lift the remainder of the sets. This does also mean sometimes I'm just benching the bar, which is sad and silly looking :P

* I can't do these right now because I'm not sure exactly where to do them, I can't find a bench I can rig :( I'll have to ask my brother.

After that workout however I started to feel like I did after the first days of summer training before my short lived football career during highschool. Feel like crap but I know it's because I really worked my body. That is good. I will continue this workout for 4 weeks before I switch it up and continue with the program.

Hopefully by the end of these 4 weeks I can up some weight, I feel so puny there, :P

Also I go after work so my hair is still spiked/gelled back, so I'm sure that just looks a little odd.

You also may have noticed that I have added a "Free Burma" tag to my blog. This is because I've been listening to this story on NPR and the news and it really does touch on humanity at such a basic level it hurts.

This (badly paraphrased) is the current state of events, please feel free to correct me: Burma right now has a military regime that nobody really seems to like, it's a police state. To finally protest the regime the monks (thousands of them) started to "protest", walking down the street and praying - holding their begging bowls upside down. By holding them upside down they are sending a message they do not want any donations from the military, kind of an ex-communication for them. Once they were starting to be stopped from gathering ordinary civilians joined hands and started to create human chains around the monks - protecting them.

This went on for a few weeks, peaceful protests, no calling for a regime change, nothing. Just monks showing themselves with civilians. Then the word came down - stop them at all costs. The military has been opening fire on anyone protesting. Men, women, monks, even children. There are stories of their bodies dumped into swamps and burned - even still alive.

To make this all worse the U.N. can do little about it right now because of China. China has monetary ties to Burma and outing the current regime will disrupt a lot of those plans. This means their veto vote is allowing the Burmese to suffer this horrible inhumanity week after week. There is a movement to boycott the 2008 Olympics in China if they do not change their ways.

To switch gears to a bit more humane and happy note however I will be back in the California Bay Area visiting my parents from the 19th to the 25th. I have a lot of catching up to do so if you want me to come over and party hearty then make sure you talk to me in advance so I can plan this all out.

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(I hope when I update this I don't spam my RSS with like a million updates again - I'm not sure why it does that)

It's been half a month - what's been new and exciting? Well a while ago, weeks now, Liz (co-worker) threw a party / get-together at her house to kind of "christen" it. She was really cool and swung by to pick up my roommate and boyfriend so they could at least hang out and be a little social - it's hard for them figuring one keeps to himself and the other works at home. By the time I got there (work stopping me from showing up before everyone was at drunk level omega) they were already ready to leave. Kinda sucked because I wanted to hang out but Bryan was about to walk home (drunk + energy). I wasn't about to let my drunk boyfriend and defenseless roommate walk home around 1am so I ducked out early to drive them back home. As I left I thought it was a cool idea to have everyone over like this so I said I'll have everyone over my place next week.

The more I thought about it the more I was really getting into it - I've NEVER had people over at my place, it's always just been my little private batcave full of faggotry and secret passages down into awesomeness. I decided I'd make my jell-o shots again, and this time have some REAL witnesses so it's just not me doing a lot of work to get a buzz.

Cleaning up the place was such a fucking chore - it was trashed. Not for any real reason either, just general negligence on our behalf because we're three guys living in one apartment. All cleaned up and ready to party however people did come over and they did have an awesome fun time. We started with some Guitar Hero 2, which was pretty well received. However once we broke the Wii out everyone started to get in on it. Liz was playing tennis, Lance was tearing it up at golf, etc etc.

This was also the second time I've been drunk. Details aren't needed but it's one of the few times I didn't have to be the DD so I got to drink as much as I wanted. As I drank I realized every other word I spout becomes a curse word and I just generally have a much more relaxed time with my jokes - most of them failing on exit. Around 3am or so everyone started to taper off, which was perfect for me, I didn't need a noise complaint - let alone several.

The next morning was pretty good given how much I drank. I don't get hangovers as I've realized. I'm not sure why. Maybe I'm not drinking that much? (Not as if this is an achievement to get). I drink a lot of water before I end up falling asleep and I know that helps but I thought it would only help up to a certain point. I've also never had any moments that I cannot remember. This is very cool because I think that would be a scary experience to say the least.

The only "downside" that came from the party was the fact that when everyone went outsided to smoke I never cleaned up the tons of cigarette butts they ended up leaving. Some guy cleaned them up and gave me a little "talking to" about not leaving my butts around - even though I told him nobody in this apartment smokes (which is true!).

TEAM.
FORTRESS.
TWO.

If you've never heard of this game - be glad, you still have a chance to escape. Whatever anyone tells you - do not play this game. If you value any bit of "free time" you may have then stay far away. If you wish to not experience the most insane fun team based multiplayer action you'll ever find, then stop reading and run. Run fast and run far.

Team Fortress 2 is part of Valve's Orange Box. It's a collection of the hottest games to come out this decade and if you pre-order the beast of a deal ($50 for 5 games, hard to fucking resist that) you get to play in the Team Fortress 2 beta right now.

Now let me put Team Fortress into perspective for you.

Deathmatch : Quake DM :: Team Fortress 2 : Class based team action

What helps make this game so epic is a few things.

1. Style.

In a game - style is everything. Either you try to go for realism or you go for your own style. TF2 takes this mantra and runs toward the style end as if it has rabid wolverines chasing after it. The game DRIPS style, as if Pixar had created a game. Each character is fleshed out with their own traits and quirks; and they are all mad in their own ways.

Each character has their own set of taunts, animations, unique weapons, skills, and life. You need a good mix on a team to kick total ass - then again a good player can really show the newer ones how to best a class in any tactic.

Each map is big and colorful and the game LOOKS amazing. You'd be surprised how detailed and awesome a game so simple looking can be. This is Valve's best looking game to date and if you're lucky enough to have a beefy computer - that will show instantly.

2. Teamwork

This game is all about teamwork. But it's not like a Counter-Strike teamwork where you have to work together but nobody does. This game encourages and rewards teamwork. Engineers can upgrade eachother's sentry guns, medics get rewarded for healing by charging up their "Ubercharge" meter; once full they get 10 seconds of invulnerability for themselves and their target.

It even encourages people across teams to have fun together. After someone kills you it zooms in on the enemy and shows you the face of death itself. This can sometimes lead to some very silly pictures. If someone happens to kill you multiple times without you getting your revenge then they become your "nemesis". When you're near them a cute icon appears over their head letting you know this is the person you want dead - now.

3. Fun

It's fun, plain and simple. While some games get you frustrated if you lose - death and being mocked by the enemies' characters is funny. Being clubbed to death with a giant wrench then having the guy do a little hoedown on your corpse is enough to make anyone smile.

So if you do end up getting it, just know that I have a server set up for the friends I've made over the internet. You can find the server information over at the site, or connect directly to it. It's a 24 man server located in Dallas that is up with all the maps all the time.

Server Information: http://agnphtf2.nuclearfallout.net

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