Hello again to everyone out there! I'm writing a book. That's right, I'm writing a book. Why? I'm not really sure. I hope that by the end of it, I will have in written form an explanation of why I do the things I do. Sounds tough huh? I did Chapter 1: Introduction today. I don't know how much time I'll actually spend on this "book" after today, but if I spend any time on it, chances are that I'll end up editing and changing stuff. So what I'm basically saying is that, yes, I could show you chapter 1: introduction as it stands now, but chances are that it won't be the same chapter that you read once my book hits the shelves. So I think I'll abstain for now. I mean, come on, in the span of two sentences the title for chapter one has changed drastically: look at the capitalization! If I do in fact continue in any capacity to write this book, I'll let you guys see where I'm at and critique it. Chapter 2 is entitled Ignorance. Oh yea...
I'm listening to Norah Jones right now. I really like her music man. It's so nice. I emailed her agent to see if she could possibly play at our wedding. I'm still waiting to hear back from that (it was about 1.5 months ago so...).
The summer is coming to an end, and I must say its been an interesting one. I came up to Greensboro to internship, and that went pretty well. My car broke down, and I'm now planning on rebuilding the motor. Good and bad. Good because I've been wanting to rebuild a motor for a while anyways. bad because my car is not currently running and I just got a parking pass :-D haha.
Life.
It's a funny thing huh. Things happen and they don't. People come and go, you learn things, you realize you've been wrong this whole time, live a little more, you realize that in fact you were right the whole time, etc. etc...
It's fun really. I mean, what's important? Does it matter that my car broke? Sorta. I was lucky enough to have my dad let me borrow his. Last summer I rode my bike around for goodness sakes! Does it matter that my brand new headphones are currently out-of-commision? Not really. I have other headphones. I'll fix the out-of-comission ones. Does it matter that my former best-friend is being an ass? Nah, I've got my woman to keep me company.
Life is a crazy thing but when you look at it the right way its pretty nice too. I mean, where else you experience the greatness of happiness? Life of course. Where else can you experience the warmth of that fuzzy feeling in your stomach? Life of course.
I'm hoping that my book will express this somehow. I like to think that I live my life in such a way that I keep this previous paragraph in mind all the time. Well not always. But when something goes wrong, I always try to remember that something somewhere is right.
Try it out. It's fun.
Norah Jones- My Dear Country evokes some sort of memory in me that I can't place. That's what I love about music. It'll stir something up inside if me that I can't recognize, but it usually feels good. I mea that's not always the case, but when it is it's pretty special.
Man, this post has really gone all over the place huh? And not in the usual, "stream-of-conciousness" way. Weird. By the way, I still don't know how to spell conciousness. I looked it up when I titled this blog, and I keep refering to the title bar of my browser whenever I need to spell it again. That's how I roll beeches!
There ya go, a little flash of the yooge.
Wolf out.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Music
Hey world!
First of all I gotta give a major one-up to Lauren. Thank you for reading my stuff. I know Pat reads it too, but to have someone other than your fiancee read your work is special.
Word.
Second, I am currently listening to Mos Def - You Are The One. Awesome song. Awesome album. A lot of the peeps over at the headfi forums are hatin on this album, and to be honest I didn't like it at first either, but I been listenin to it a lot lately (what does that tell you about me, that I been listening to an album a lot lately that I wasn't really feelin: the reason is that I like Mos and really wanted to give this album that second/third/etc... chance. Glad I did.) and it has really grown on me. I mean, lyrically its not Black On Both Sides or Black Star, but lemme tell you, overall presentation is on point. You guys are gonna think I'm silly after I tell you this but one of the reasons I like it is the recurring "boogeyman" slash *whistle* theme. "But Wolfgang, WTF are you talking about?" Well, on this album, Mos likes to just drop a "BoooogeyMAN" every now and again: I don't know if its his new moniker or just a persona for the album. Its recurring though. I like it for some reason. Even more than that, though, is this strange whistle pattern that you hear a few times throughout the album. Lemme pick up my guitar and see if I can tell you the notes... its somewhere along the lines of E-B-G, dotted_quarter_note-dotted_quarter_note-dotted_quarter_note. I dunno. But at the very end of this one song (I'll let you know if it comes up while I'm typing) he does it and theres really no music behind him and I get this vision in my head of the boogeyman whistling up at the full moon in the dead of night. This reminds me of the song Thieves In The Night off of the album Black Star (Talib Kweli and Mos Def) which is my favourite song on the album. I think this is what got me starting the album more.
Anyway I am listening to this album through my new, hi-fi audio system of which I am very proud. I bought some new headphones and a DAC/Amp to properly drive them and, like I said, I am very proud of it. I refuse to tell you guys how much I've spent on it because you'll call me crazy and irresponsible. I was responsible though I promise. You may be wondering what a DAC/Amp is. Let me explain:
[Warning: This next section may be boring. You may skip to the next paragraph if you'd like]
Different headphones have different impedences, which means that they recquire different voltages to "drive". Your standrd "ibuds" probably have an impedence of around 10 ohms whereas same headphones go as high as 600 ohms. The higher the impedence, the more volts you need to properly drive the headphones. If the voltage is too low, you will still hear music but it will sound muffled or just not as good as what the headphones can offer because they were designed to use more juice. So how do you increase the voltage that your headphones get? You amplify the signal of course. This can be in any number of ways, but since you are dealing with a signal that will eventually be interpretted as music, you don't want to distort the signal at all. This is what a headphone amp (or any amp for that matter) does: amplifies a signal while not distorting it. So a headphone amp takes a signal in, amplifies it, and sends the amplified signal out. Now, the signal that it takes in can be analog, which means you just take a signal out of something elses Headphone-out (like an mp3 player) or digital, which means it will need a digital-to-analog-converter (DAC). Now in reality, unless you are listening to vinyl, everything goes through a DAC. In the hi-fi audio world, though, you want it to go through a good DAC, and so you use an external one as opposed to whatevers embedded in your computer etc... The gain in audio quality is debatable by most, accepted by all the hi-fi (high fidelity btw) community. Technically it does have some support I think. I haven't done any tests for myself yet. I've decided to just enjoy my new toy first before putting through the "but do you hear a difference" test. I'm sure that I will hear an increase in SQ (sound quality) but I'm gonna put off doing an tests. I'm happy for now. I won't burden myself trying to prove my happiness
[end of boringness]
this whistle happens at the end of Sun, Moon, Stars - True Magic (track 10). I'm tellin ya, boogeyman whistlin at a full moon...
*sigh* I felt like I had a good flow goin until I got side-tracked by that whistle. And I feel like maybe I should pad this post some for those of you that will not read my "boring" section. Don't think I can do it though. BTW in the song immedietley following that, so track 11, you can hear the boogeyman in the background! At least I like to think its him. I mean come on! Recurring themes man! This album is put together rather well. I didn't like it. Now I do.
Life is great.
I miss Patricia. I realized the other day that my life is much more colorful when she's in it.
wolf out.
First of all I gotta give a major one-up to Lauren. Thank you for reading my stuff. I know Pat reads it too, but to have someone other than your fiancee read your work is special.
Word.
Second, I am currently listening to Mos Def - You Are The One. Awesome song. Awesome album. A lot of the peeps over at the headfi forums are hatin on this album, and to be honest I didn't like it at first either, but I been listenin to it a lot lately (what does that tell you about me, that I been listening to an album a lot lately that I wasn't really feelin: the reason is that I like Mos and really wanted to give this album that second/third/etc... chance. Glad I did.) and it has really grown on me. I mean, lyrically its not Black On Both Sides or Black Star, but lemme tell you, overall presentation is on point. You guys are gonna think I'm silly after I tell you this but one of the reasons I like it is the recurring "boogeyman" slash *whistle* theme. "But Wolfgang, WTF are you talking about?" Well, on this album, Mos likes to just drop a "BoooogeyMAN" every now and again: I don't know if its his new moniker or just a persona for the album. Its recurring though. I like it for some reason. Even more than that, though, is this strange whistle pattern that you hear a few times throughout the album. Lemme pick up my guitar and see if I can tell you the notes... its somewhere along the lines of E-B-G, dotted_quarter_note-dotted_quarter_note-dotted_quarter_note. I dunno. But at the very end of this one song (I'll let you know if it comes up while I'm typing) he does it and theres really no music behind him and I get this vision in my head of the boogeyman whistling up at the full moon in the dead of night. This reminds me of the song Thieves In The Night off of the album Black Star (Talib Kweli and Mos Def) which is my favourite song on the album. I think this is what got me starting the album more.
Anyway I am listening to this album through my new, hi-fi audio system of which I am very proud. I bought some new headphones and a DAC/Amp to properly drive them and, like I said, I am very proud of it. I refuse to tell you guys how much I've spent on it because you'll call me crazy and irresponsible. I was responsible though I promise. You may be wondering what a DAC/Amp is. Let me explain:
[Warning: This next section may be boring. You may skip to the next paragraph if you'd like]
Different headphones have different impedences, which means that they recquire different voltages to "drive". Your standrd "ibuds" probably have an impedence of around 10 ohms whereas same headphones go as high as 600 ohms. The higher the impedence, the more volts you need to properly drive the headphones. If the voltage is too low, you will still hear music but it will sound muffled or just not as good as what the headphones can offer because they were designed to use more juice. So how do you increase the voltage that your headphones get? You amplify the signal of course. This can be in any number of ways, but since you are dealing with a signal that will eventually be interpretted as music, you don't want to distort the signal at all. This is what a headphone amp (or any amp for that matter) does: amplifies a signal while not distorting it. So a headphone amp takes a signal in, amplifies it, and sends the amplified signal out. Now, the signal that it takes in can be analog, which means you just take a signal out of something elses Headphone-out (like an mp3 player) or digital, which means it will need a digital-to-analog-converter (DAC). Now in reality, unless you are listening to vinyl, everything goes through a DAC. In the hi-fi audio world, though, you want it to go through a good DAC, and so you use an external one as opposed to whatevers embedded in your computer etc... The gain in audio quality is debatable by most, accepted by all the hi-fi (high fidelity btw) community. Technically it does have some support I think. I haven't done any tests for myself yet. I've decided to just enjoy my new toy first before putting through the "but do you hear a difference" test. I'm sure that I will hear an increase in SQ (sound quality) but I'm gonna put off doing an tests. I'm happy for now. I won't burden myself trying to prove my happiness
[end of boringness]
this whistle happens at the end of Sun, Moon, Stars - True Magic (track 10). I'm tellin ya, boogeyman whistlin at a full moon...
*sigh* I felt like I had a good flow goin until I got side-tracked by that whistle. And I feel like maybe I should pad this post some for those of you that will not read my "boring" section. Don't think I can do it though. BTW in the song immedietley following that, so track 11, you can hear the boogeyman in the background! At least I like to think its him. I mean come on! Recurring themes man! This album is put together rather well. I didn't like it. Now I do.
Life is great.
I miss Patricia. I realized the other day that my life is much more colorful when she's in it.
wolf out.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wow. This guy really knows how to space them out.
Phew! I hope you didn't hold your breath waiting for this. I know I know I'm sorry loyal readership! What can I say. I've already expressed to you guys that I have way too many hobbies, and that mixed with my horrible time management skills spells not-a-lot-of-blog-posts.
Well, a lot has happened since last we met, but I think I'll start with something that in no way updates you as to what any of that is.
I think that we all know by now that I have my share of problems (however minor or major they may be. I mean, come on, I watch Gilmore Girls for example) but I have realized tonight a blazing problem of mine that really outshine all others. It seems that I... well how can I put this... ok well... I have Chronic Disney Channel Underestimate-itis. We already know that I underestimated Hannah Montanna and Wizards of Waverly Place. I mean, if that wasn't an indication enough that there was a major problem, then I don't know what could have been: they're both great shows for goodness sakes! But know, my condition went un-checked and I went on underestimating Disney Channel programs.
Until today. Today I have come to terms with my condition. I accidentally started watching Hatching Pete. For those of you who don't know, Hatching Pete is a Disney Channel Original Movie about a school mascot. Thats all I'm gonna say because I don't want to ruin the plot for you. Ya see, the short and tall of this (is that a saying) is that I have been avoiding this movie for a long time. I mean, have you seen the commercials? It makes it look totally cliche (with an accent on the e) not to mention that, really, how original could the plot be? Well, I accidentally watched -
time out. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
wholly fuck this episode of Wizards of Waverly Place in HILARIOUS. Pardon my spanish (I dunno why they say french).
Ok time in
- this movie today (I know, its hard to believe that someone could watch a whole movie on accident, but it happens) and it turns out that although the plot wasn't all that original (though it was slightly so) and although the movie was cliche (with the accent on the e. I know how to put it there but I don't want to go through the trouble right now) the movie was actually pretty good! Go figure huh? Not to mention that the movie ended at 9:45 and between that and 10 (when this hilarious episode of Wizards of Waverly Place came on) they showed another show that I been avoiding: Phineas and Ferg. I mean, its a dumb cartoon right? WRONG! The voice acting is surprisingly good and the whole pretense of the show itself is pretty hilarity (have I explained mine and Pat's use of the word hilarity? It is not a real word, but we have defined it as- hilarity (hil'Ar-it-ee) : noun. An object which in itself embodies... aw shux I just looked it up and it is a real word. Anywho, its a noun not an adjective so although it may seem grammatically incorrect to say that something "is hilarity", in reality we are using it as a metaphor, so its all good). Well, the show's pretense itself being so funny, you can imagine how funny the show itself is.
*sigh* my life is exhausting. I mean, look at all these revelations that I made today! And all in the span of a few hours. Not to mention the awesome job that I been doing at my internship (I would update you on this but that just wouldn't be my steelo). And I haven't even begun my summer workout regimen! Well, its no wonder, as exhausted as I am after a full day of kick-ass interning and revelation-having.
Till next time
peec
p.s. I've taken up cartography.
update: In Ocean's 11 when they go down the elevator shaft during the blackout then cut the cords, wouldn't the cords dangle and set off the infrared sensors? I think they would.
[I was gonna put I clip of the movie here but couldn't find it. Instead I'll put I snippet of the script so you know what I'm talking about. Its at the bottom.]
EXT. BELLAGIO PARKING LOT - TOP LEVEL - 00:01 198
Basher finishes preparations.
BASHER
(into his mike)
Ready.
LIVINGSTON (V.O.)
(over earpiece)
Then hit it.
Basher flips the switch. BOOM! A quick TREMOR, then
stillness. He picks a point on the horizon, like Babe
Ruth, and suddenly...
BASHER
... One...
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 10/24/00 118.
199 HIGH ABOVE LAS VEGAS 199
whole blocks of lights disappear. Casinos vanishing one-
by-one.
FLAMINGO
Every pink light vanishes.
BELLAGIO
The fountain goes flaccid.
BASHER (V.O.)
... two, three...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
The roller coaster stops dead; its passengers keep their
arms raised, not sure what to do.
200 MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA 200
Both fighters move in simultaneously, sweat flying, both
reach back, both going for the lights-out power cut to
the jaw, when... lights out.
BASHER (V.O.)
... four, five...
201 OMITTED 201
202 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT 202
Blip -- out go the infrared sensors.
DANNY
Now!
And he and Linus lean forward and fall...
203 HURTLING WITH DANNY AND LINUS 203
DOWN the elevator shaft.
Upside down, heads curled, and all we hear is the WHOOSH
of their bodies in motion and the WHIRL of their CORDS
UNCOILING.
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 10/24/00 119.
203 CONTINUED: 203
BASHER (V.O.)
... six, seven.....
And now, looking STRAIGHT DOWN, the ground is rising up
fast to meet them, a flat slab of gray concrete -- fifty
feet, forty feet, thirty feet, twenty...
BASHER
... eight, nine...
And SNAP -- the CORDS reach their full extension, and
Danny and Linus bounce up, watching the floor recede.
LINUS
Aaaaahhhhh!
204 EXT. BELLAGIO PARKING LOT - TOP LEVEL - NIGHT 204
BASHER
... ten...
In the distance, lights come up again, first at the
Mirage, then the MGM, gradually approaching...
205 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - BOTTOM 205
Coming to a rest about ten feet from the floor, Danny
quickly pulls a slim blade and slashes the two coils
straight across. He and Linus go tumbling to the floor
as their drop lines recoil lightning fast to their
elevator anchors, just before...
... the infrared lights go back on-line.
Well look at that! How convenient! Now I have to rewind to see how obvious this "lightning fast" recoil is...
It isn't. They don't even show what happens to the cable. They just leave it open-ended so that poor sods (its a british word) like me lose sleep over these inconsistencies. I'm convinced that that script clip is from the original, not the remake. I don't know. GEEZ!
Well, a lot has happened since last we met, but I think I'll start with something that in no way updates you as to what any of that is.
I think that we all know by now that I have my share of problems (however minor or major they may be. I mean, come on, I watch Gilmore Girls for example) but I have realized tonight a blazing problem of mine that really outshine all others. It seems that I... well how can I put this... ok well... I have Chronic Disney Channel Underestimate-itis. We already know that I underestimated Hannah Montanna and Wizards of Waverly Place. I mean, if that wasn't an indication enough that there was a major problem, then I don't know what could have been: they're both great shows for goodness sakes! But know, my condition went un-checked and I went on underestimating Disney Channel programs.
Until today. Today I have come to terms with my condition. I accidentally started watching Hatching Pete. For those of you who don't know, Hatching Pete is a Disney Channel Original Movie about a school mascot. Thats all I'm gonna say because I don't want to ruin the plot for you. Ya see, the short and tall of this (is that a saying) is that I have been avoiding this movie for a long time. I mean, have you seen the commercials? It makes it look totally cliche (with an accent on the e) not to mention that, really, how original could the plot be? Well, I accidentally watched -
time out. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
wholly fuck this episode of Wizards of Waverly Place in HILARIOUS. Pardon my spanish (I dunno why they say french).
Ok time in
- this movie today (I know, its hard to believe that someone could watch a whole movie on accident, but it happens) and it turns out that although the plot wasn't all that original (though it was slightly so) and although the movie was cliche (with the accent on the e. I know how to put it there but I don't want to go through the trouble right now) the movie was actually pretty good! Go figure huh? Not to mention that the movie ended at 9:45 and between that and 10 (when this hilarious episode of Wizards of Waverly Place came on) they showed another show that I been avoiding: Phineas and Ferg. I mean, its a dumb cartoon right? WRONG! The voice acting is surprisingly good and the whole pretense of the show itself is pretty hilarity (have I explained mine and Pat's use of the word hilarity? It is not a real word, but we have defined it as- hilarity (hil'Ar-it-ee) : noun. An object which in itself embodies... aw shux I just looked it up and it is a real word. Anywho, its a noun not an adjective so although it may seem grammatically incorrect to say that something "is hilarity", in reality we are using it as a metaphor, so its all good). Well, the show's pretense itself being so funny, you can imagine how funny the show itself is.
*sigh* my life is exhausting. I mean, look at all these revelations that I made today! And all in the span of a few hours. Not to mention the awesome job that I been doing at my internship (I would update you on this but that just wouldn't be my steelo). And I haven't even begun my summer workout regimen! Well, its no wonder, as exhausted as I am after a full day of kick-ass interning and revelation-having.
Till next time
peec
p.s. I've taken up cartography.
update: In Ocean's 11 when they go down the elevator shaft during the blackout then cut the cords, wouldn't the cords dangle and set off the infrared sensors? I think they would.
[I was gonna put I clip of the movie here but couldn't find it. Instead I'll put I snippet of the script so you know what I'm talking about. Its at the bottom.]
EXT. BELLAGIO PARKING LOT - TOP LEVEL - 00:01 198
Basher finishes preparations.
BASHER
(into his mike)
Ready.
LIVINGSTON (V.O.)
(over earpiece)
Then hit it.
Basher flips the switch. BOOM! A quick TREMOR, then
stillness. He picks a point on the horizon, like Babe
Ruth, and suddenly...
BASHER
... One...
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 10/24/00 118.
199 HIGH ABOVE LAS VEGAS 199
whole blocks of lights disappear. Casinos vanishing one-
by-one.
FLAMINGO
Every pink light vanishes.
BELLAGIO
The fountain goes flaccid.
BASHER (V.O.)
... two, three...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
The roller coaster stops dead; its passengers keep their
arms raised, not sure what to do.
200 MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA 200
Both fighters move in simultaneously, sweat flying, both
reach back, both going for the lights-out power cut to
the jaw, when... lights out.
BASHER (V.O.)
... four, five...
201 OMITTED 201
202 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT 202
Blip -- out go the infrared sensors.
DANNY
Now!
And he and Linus lean forward and fall...
203 HURTLING WITH DANNY AND LINUS 203
DOWN the elevator shaft.
Upside down, heads curled, and all we hear is the WHOOSH
of their bodies in motion and the WHIRL of their CORDS
UNCOILING.
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 10/24/00 119.
203 CONTINUED: 203
BASHER (V.O.)
... six, seven.....
And now, looking STRAIGHT DOWN, the ground is rising up
fast to meet them, a flat slab of gray concrete -- fifty
feet, forty feet, thirty feet, twenty...
BASHER
... eight, nine...
And SNAP -- the CORDS reach their full extension, and
Danny and Linus bounce up, watching the floor recede.
LINUS
Aaaaahhhhh!
204 EXT. BELLAGIO PARKING LOT - TOP LEVEL - NIGHT 204
BASHER
... ten...
In the distance, lights come up again, first at the
Mirage, then the MGM, gradually approaching...
205 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - BOTTOM 205
Coming to a rest about ten feet from the floor, Danny
quickly pulls a slim blade and slashes the two coils
straight across. He and Linus go tumbling to the floor
as their drop lines recoil lightning fast to their
elevator anchors, just before...
... the infrared lights go back on-line.
Well look at that! How convenient! Now I have to rewind to see how obvious this "lightning fast" recoil is...
It isn't. They don't even show what happens to the cable. They just leave it open-ended so that poor sods (its a british word) like me lose sleep over these inconsistencies. I'm convinced that that script clip is from the original, not the remake. I don't know. GEEZ!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
2nd Post
So, per popular demand I am updating this blog. There have been a lot of things that I've wanted to put up here lately but unfortunately I just haven't had time and now I can't remember any of it. So technically, I'm "winging" this one. Yes, I know, it seems like all of my posts are "winged" but really, in my own way, I put a lot of planning into it. I don't really spend a lot of time planning them, but theres always something that sparks my interest in blogging at that spark usually takes me on an interesting journey. Today, there is no such spark, but I haven't posted in a while and Lauren needs a good reason to put off studying for her exams, so here we are.
So, I'm on a diet. I know, I know, "but Wolfgang, you already have a wonderful physique, why would you need to go on a diet?" hehe *blush* thanks guys, but the truth of the matter is that I could stand to lose a few pounds. Fact of the matter is that I've gained a lot of weight since December and I know exactly why. Let me explain. Sidenote: I'm getting pretty gangster at typing using this DVORAK layout. So, last summer Pat was in Peru so I had to ride my bike everpwhere because she wasn't here to give me a ride. That meant 3 miles to class, 3 more miles to work, then 6 miles back home. Not to mention that I was going to the gym, where I lifted weights and ran. AND, on top of all that, I was eating pretty healthy: cereal for breakfast, a sandwhich baby carrots and a yogurt for lunch, and brown rice eggs and chicken for dinner. That was pretty much it. I didn't eat out because Pat wasn't here and I didn't cook anything more exotic because I didn't have Pat to share it with. After summer, I kept up the bike riding and didn't change my eating habits much. All that combined led to me losing a lot of weight and ending up at about 175 lbs at the end of December. That was an all time low for me! And then Pat bought me a car for christmas...
So, after christmas I no longer needed to ride my bike everywhere. Nice! And, I figured since before I lost all that weight I hadn't been gaining any, I could just resume my previous eating habits. Not a good idea. I weighed myself a few weeks ago and found that I now weigh 193 lbs. Damn! So here we are, at diet central. I don't diet like most people. Mainly, I'm just trying not to indulge as much as I have been. I don't eat as much per meal, and I try to choose my meals healthier. I'm not real strict though. I had Goodberry's the other day with Pat and I ate some chocolate bars too. I think I've lost some weight though.
The funny thing is, that although I was glad that I had lost so much weight, I wasn't really happy with the fact that I was such a lightweight. I'm trying to keep my posts short so I'm gonna call it a day. I know this post kinda sucked, but I hope it gives you guys some enjoyment!
Wolf
So, I'm on a diet. I know, I know, "but Wolfgang, you already have a wonderful physique, why would you need to go on a diet?" hehe *blush* thanks guys, but the truth of the matter is that I could stand to lose a few pounds. Fact of the matter is that I've gained a lot of weight since December and I know exactly why. Let me explain. Sidenote: I'm getting pretty gangster at typing using this DVORAK layout. So, last summer Pat was in Peru so I had to ride my bike everpwhere because she wasn't here to give me a ride. That meant 3 miles to class, 3 more miles to work, then 6 miles back home. Not to mention that I was going to the gym, where I lifted weights and ran. AND, on top of all that, I was eating pretty healthy: cereal for breakfast, a sandwhich baby carrots and a yogurt for lunch, and brown rice eggs and chicken for dinner. That was pretty much it. I didn't eat out because Pat wasn't here and I didn't cook anything more exotic because I didn't have Pat to share it with. After summer, I kept up the bike riding and didn't change my eating habits much. All that combined led to me losing a lot of weight and ending up at about 175 lbs at the end of December. That was an all time low for me! And then Pat bought me a car for christmas...
So, after christmas I no longer needed to ride my bike everywhere. Nice! And, I figured since before I lost all that weight I hadn't been gaining any, I could just resume my previous eating habits. Not a good idea. I weighed myself a few weeks ago and found that I now weigh 193 lbs. Damn! So here we are, at diet central. I don't diet like most people. Mainly, I'm just trying not to indulge as much as I have been. I don't eat as much per meal, and I try to choose my meals healthier. I'm not real strict though. I had Goodberry's the other day with Pat and I ate some chocolate bars too. I think I've lost some weight though.
The funny thing is, that although I was glad that I had lost so much weight, I wasn't really happy with the fact that I was such a lightweight. I'm trying to keep my posts short so I'm gonna call it a day. I know this post kinda sucked, but I hope it gives you guys some enjoyment!
Wolf
Monday, April 6, 2009
And....action!
So, *sigh*, here we are! I actually have a lot that I want to say but don't know if I'll be able to or not. Here's why: I recently switched to a DVORACK keyboard layout and I'm not typing too fast yet and my typing stamina with this layout sucks. Sidenote: I'm currently watching Hannah Montana (not listening to music). I like the show what can I say! I also like Wizards of Waverly Place. I bashed all these new Disney Channel shows when they first came out (being an old school, Even Stevens/Lizzie McGuire/Kim Possible kinda guy) but these two have somehow grown on me. Eh well, wadaya gonna do </sidenote>. (that reads "end sidenote". If you don't get it, learn html). So, you're probably wondering "What the heck is DVORACK Wolfgang? I was expecting another riveting blog post, not a bunch of made-up words!" Well, two things: a) I didn't give you a "bunch" of made-up words: it was just one (is it wierd that I'm correcting a mistake that "you" made in a hypethetical question that I fabricated? A little, but I'm ok with it. It wasn't planned if that's what you're thinking) and b) DVORACK is not a made-up word its a alternative keyboard layout. What's that mean? It means that the way I'm typing, my keys are not in the QWERTY layout. I think this website will help explain better. That keyboard at the bottom is basically what I'm working with. Read the wiki on DVORACK, it'll clear thangs up for you. Ok, so I'm glad we have that cleared that up. If you need more clarification just post a comment.
So, first order of business: what the heck is a "Wolfmafia" anyways (I'm referring to the URL to this blog btw)? Well, thats actually a not-so-long story that goes back to 11th (or was it 10th) grade. I was in auto-tech with a few of my buddies and for some reason Alex decided that I needed a nickname. It took him about 10-15 minutes but he finally decided on "Wolfmafia" (I think he was considering Foxgang at one point). So, they settled on "Wolfmafia" and truth-be-told I only ever heard him use it about 5 times. It wasn't till many many years later that I finally got what he was doing: "wolf" is an animal and "gang" means a group. So, for "Foxgang" he simply replaced "Wolf" with another animal, and with "Wolfmafia" he simply replaced the "gang" with a replacement for "Gang". How clever!!! Not to mention that a mafia is cooler than a gang. Nice nickname right? Not really: it doesn't blend well into everyday conversation. But! When it was time to pick a new PSN (Playstation ScreenName), for some reason it sprang back to mind and I've been using it here and there ever since! And that is that.
Second order of business: actually I forgot it. I'm gonna hope that that means that I actually did get around to everything that I wanted to blog about (if you're having a hard time with those three "thats" just read it out and play with the inflection on the second "that").
Actually I do remember something else I wanted to talk about but this might take a while so strap in. So, I recently bought the "The Watchmen" (I never know if in these situations I need the "the" before the quote or not) graphic novel because the movie looks good and I wanted to watch it with the whole story under my belt. Anywho, I haven't finished the graphic novel (book?) yet but earlier today I decided to read it's Wikipedia entry. Here's why: for some reason, whenever I purchase a piece of popular media (this applies mainly to new CDs but books count too) and I end up liking it, I like to know what the internet thinks about it (usually I figure out what the "internet thinks" in the form of user reviews, like those found on http://music.amazon.com) . Is it good, does it suck, etc... I've narrowed my reasoning for this to three possibilities, and I will list them in ascending order of probability: 1) Maybe I want to know what other people think because if they don't like it, I'll feel silly for liking it (very unlikely, but its a possibility nonetheless), 2) Maybe I want to know what the internet thinks because I hope to find other pieces of popular (or not-so-popular) media that are similar to it (much more likely than the first possibility), or 3) Maybe I care what the internet thinks because if other people like it, then I have backup on my choice, and if other people don't like it, then I can continue to like it on principal and feel satisfied that I'm not just "going with the grain" (the most likely of the three. what can I say, don't we all have a little ego-maniac buried deep inside us somewhere?). So, whatever the reason, I go and look at the Wiki entry for "The Watchmen" (actually one of the reasons was that I was wondering whether or not Rorschach was supposed to be based on Batmen and whether or not The Comedian was supposed to be based on Captain America: turns out that neither of them were, BUT the characters in the graphic novel are supposed to be based on you're stereotypical superheroes. Go figure.) Well, I get to reading about the plot on the wiki (I like to read summaries sometimes to kinda refresh my memory about what I've already read so that I can have a fuller picture in my head about what's going on. I usually do this by reading the back of the book [after I've read enough that I know the summary won't ruin anything] but unfortunately graphic novels don't have a summary on the back [I don't think. I haven't checked but I didn't have the book with me at the time {because I didn't want to mess it up by putting it in my sack}] hence I resorted to Wiki) and I read too far and now two major plot turns (not twists) have been ruined for me! See, after the first spoiler (thats what you call it when someone ruins the plot of something for you), which wasn't so bad by-the-way, I stopped reading the Plot section of the Wiki and started reading the description of Rorschach's character (to settle my Batman question) and I ended reading another spoiler. A big one!!! Grrr I was so upset. I'm glad I was able to share that, though, in all its convuluted glory. I have high hopes for the graphic novel and expect other, better surprises. It still sucks though. *sigh* oh well. That's it for today!
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Wolf
So, first order of business: what the heck is a "Wolfmafia" anyways (I'm referring to the URL to this blog btw)? Well, thats actually a not-so-long story that goes back to 11th (or was it 10th) grade. I was in auto-tech with a few of my buddies and for some reason Alex decided that I needed a nickname. It took him about 10-15 minutes but he finally decided on "Wolfmafia" (I think he was considering Foxgang at one point). So, they settled on "Wolfmafia" and truth-be-told I only ever heard him use it about 5 times. It wasn't till many many years later that I finally got what he was doing: "wolf" is an animal and "gang" means a group. So, for "Foxgang" he simply replaced "Wolf" with another animal, and with "Wolfmafia" he simply replaced the "gang" with a replacement for "Gang". How clever!!! Not to mention that a mafia is cooler than a gang. Nice nickname right? Not really: it doesn't blend well into everyday conversation. But! When it was time to pick a new PSN (Playstation ScreenName), for some reason it sprang back to mind and I've been using it here and there ever since! And that is that.
Second order of business: actually I forgot it. I'm gonna hope that that means that I actually did get around to everything that I wanted to blog about (if you're having a hard time with those three "thats" just read it out and play with the inflection on the second "that").
Actually I do remember something else I wanted to talk about but this might take a while so strap in. So, I recently bought the "The Watchmen" (I never know if in these situations I need the "the" before the quote or not) graphic novel because the movie looks good and I wanted to watch it with the whole story under my belt. Anywho, I haven't finished the graphic novel (book?) yet but earlier today I decided to read it's Wikipedia entry. Here's why: for some reason, whenever I purchase a piece of popular media (this applies mainly to new CDs but books count too) and I end up liking it, I like to know what the internet thinks about it (usually I figure out what the "internet thinks" in the form of user reviews, like those found on http://music.amazon.com) . Is it good, does it suck, etc... I've narrowed my reasoning for this to three possibilities, and I will list them in ascending order of probability: 1) Maybe I want to know what other people think because if they don't like it, I'll feel silly for liking it (very unlikely, but its a possibility nonetheless), 2) Maybe I want to know what the internet thinks because I hope to find other pieces of popular (or not-so-popular) media that are similar to it (much more likely than the first possibility), or 3) Maybe I care what the internet thinks because if other people like it, then I have backup on my choice, and if other people don't like it, then I can continue to like it on principal and feel satisfied that I'm not just "going with the grain" (the most likely of the three. what can I say, don't we all have a little ego-maniac buried deep inside us somewhere?). So, whatever the reason, I go and look at the Wiki entry for "The Watchmen" (actually one of the reasons was that I was wondering whether or not Rorschach was supposed to be based on Batmen and whether or not The Comedian was supposed to be based on Captain America: turns out that neither of them were, BUT the characters in the graphic novel are supposed to be based on you're stereotypical superheroes. Go figure.) Well, I get to reading about the plot on the wiki (I like to read summaries sometimes to kinda refresh my memory about what I've already read so that I can have a fuller picture in my head about what's going on. I usually do this by reading the back of the book [after I've read enough that I know the summary won't ruin anything] but unfortunately graphic novels don't have a summary on the back [I don't think. I haven't checked but I didn't have the book with me at the time {because I didn't want to mess it up by putting it in my sack}] hence I resorted to Wiki) and I read too far and now two major plot turns (not twists) have been ruined for me! See, after the first spoiler (thats what you call it when someone ruins the plot of something for you), which wasn't so bad by-the-way, I stopped reading the Plot section of the Wiki and started reading the description of Rorschach's character (to settle my Batman question) and I ended reading another spoiler. A big one!!! Grrr I was so upset. I'm glad I was able to share that, though, in all its convuluted glory. I have high hopes for the graphic novel and expect other, better surprises. It still sucks though. *sigh* oh well. That's it for today!
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Wolf
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