June 2008 Archives

Just a few updates right now so I can say that I have posted something today. I'm getting a tad bit spotty with my weblog entries.

First, idioPod 27 has been finished. It was a tiny bit more emotional than I'd really like to get, but it's done and it will be out in the open. It's basically a podcast of stories that sort of makes me who I am. Nothing really relevant in the present, but mostly in the past. It was interesting to think about it though. I talked about my first relationship with a guy and how in love I was. Then things happened and I haven't talked to the person in years. It's sad. I guess you'll have to listen later in the day or tomorrow.

AND I also have vidioPod 2 done too. So we're going to see two podcast episodes in one day though I am thinking I might do one, then the other to space them out a bit. It's not like the video is interesting or anything. It was pretty much made on the day I took my camera with me.

I also mentioned in my last podcast that you might not have heard yet (27), that I made a horrible mistake and was saving things over website files. I wiped out my Twitter updates on the front page of my main website. Until I figure it out, I just provide a link so you can stalk me.

Ah yes, and I'm probably going to wipe out the webcam in August.

Today I must clean the mess the significant other and I made over the weekend. And I need to fabricate a new resume with my new qualifications.

So I should get ready to do the things I need to do. I really should. So bye for now and please do something fun for me, okay?

I'm still in bed with both a snoring man and dog with me. It's pretty funny. The alarm went off at 8 but he still hasn't woken up yet. I guess I should update you on how things are going. I guess they're doing OK. We haven't spent too much quality time with each other, in my opinion. Today I want to try to change that.

Yesterday was the auction for the other place and we got about $15,000 less than what we wanted. Given the horrible housing market here that sorta made its way from the USA, I thought we did pretty good. But still, the profits aren't going to be enough to do anything with. But at least that headache is gone. Originally, the real estate company was trying to sell it for $14,000 less than what we got for it (a $29,000 loss) but you know how real estate agents are usually like used car salesmen. It worked so I can't complain.

We spent some time watching movies and I saw one called "Shelter". It was pretty good but after watching these gay-themed movies, I realize just how romantic I'm... well, not. Not saying that it's unrealistic because I used to be sweet and romantic. Along the road somewhere things have changed and I've turned into this really nasty person with barely enough feelings to get by. So in a way it was really sad to have that reminder of who I used to be. But who knows what's going to happen...

It's going good though. No real arguments or anything like that. I want to try to get him out of the house so I can take some photos or something like that. I'd like to go to the beach or something or grab some food and go have a picnic or something - but who knows if that will happen or not.

Ah yes, and another thing that I'm excited about is that Blizzard announced Diablo III. Ooooooh, exciting stuff. I've always totally loved the Diablo series even more than Warcraft (though I do love the banshees on Warcraft). I guess I'll be like 35 when it's released though. I was expecting to see something like World of Diablo or something, but this will do just fine if I don't have to connect to the Internet to play.

And the most important thing, I am done with my training. I am DONE. So now I can say I am a registered nurse. Good deal.

I sorta sat down and recorded this on a whim and to answer two podcasts though no questions were really directed at me. I thought that I'd throw in my thoughts anyway because that's just the way I roll. So in idioPod 26, I talk about these things and more:

• Finishing my course
• Open Relationships: Are they for me and do they work?
• The case of the mail-snatching bitch
• Things I hate about cell phones and phones in general
• After that, there's just a lot of random garbage because yeah, I was in that kind of mood.

30 minutes of horrible eye-gouging fun. You bet!

So have a listen here: idioPod 26: Opening a Can of Worms (because essentially, this is what I am going to be doing if this podcast is listened to by the wrong people)

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Rain. It's been raining for like 5 days in a row. Lord knows we need it. I was tired of seeing brown everywhere. But the wind is truly psycho. Gale force winds. Rain, oh Ben's getting wet today and not in a good way!

Funny, I was going through my favorite podcasts and found that John did something about open relationships so I am going to have a listen to that and probably comment at his website and mine in one form or another. Then I found that Nick did a response on that, and I have to admit that I like his common sense, interesting approaches to things so hopefully I'll have a listen to that too. I'm not going to say too much about it right now because I haven't listened but yeah it'll be here.

This is day 4 of my "work week" and I am beat. My back is hurting and when I blow my nose, I see blood. I'm not too sure why. I feel like my nose is itchy or something. I remember I went to the doctor when I was a kid and he said that I have allergies. Later, I found that I was allergic to almost everything in the air. I was immunized for 5 years and it's much better, but I don't know why my nose has decided to bleed again. Maybe I'm just a nerd.

I am back to gaining weight. I weighed myself at the doctor's office last night and I am back to about 75 kg or 165 pounds. I was also wearing a jacket and shoes too. So that's pretty creepy. My stomach is getting bigger too. I mean, a lot bigger. It's actually felt like it's full constantly and after I eat it hurts. I've been drinking like 2+ liters of water a day too so that might be it. I've been peeing so much more lately for that reason. TRYING to get over my fear of public restrooms. :) (Yes, this is true.)

Gilbert's back early tomorrow morning. I have also scheduled an appointment for next Friday to do the relationship register thing. (Hey, it's the closest we have.) So we're almost a semi-legal couple here. So, that's exciting... in a way.

Anyway, again I've wasted too much time doing other things so now I have to go. I usually start these things then forget I'm doing it. So that's all you get for now. I'll be back later.

I hadn't planned to post anything this morning but I guess I will post something. I woke up in a really crappy mood today for some reason. Maybe it's because I hate waking up so early after a week of waking up whenever I want to. Yeah, so I'm a bit snippy. Right this minute, I hate podcasting. I hate having to walk out the door in about an hour and a half because I hate having to cram myself in public transportation. I don't have the patience for that today. My patients are going to get punched in the mouth if they want to argue today. :)

So, uh, yeah. Grouchy, yes.

I'm also very gassy. Before I woke up, I was having dreams of going into a Wal-Mart restroom and going to the urinal with poop smeared everywhere and peeing and peeing and peeing. I do have that fear of public restrooms so I must had to pee pretty bad. It's what woke me up! I got up, let the dog out and farted like 300 times and peed. Farting while I'm peeing is wrong on so many levels but it's like buying a chocolate cupcake and getting one free. In... a way.

I need to get out of bed, into the shower, eat breakfast, make lunch and look somewhat professional. So I need out of here. Be good everybody!

Originally, I was going to take pictures throughout the day but the weatherman lied yet again for like the 400th time in a row. So I took a select few and I'll share them with you. (There are only 3 that I picked that were meaningful.)

After telling my friend that I didn't want pancakes this morning last night, I had a strange craving for pancakes. I woke up this morning and decided to go to McDonald's. The rain was coming down like crazy and I was soaked and freezing cold by the time I went inside. it's been kind of cool too on top of the rain. Before I left, I took this photo:

Then of course, I was on a roll and decided to take more. I also took this one:

I tend to like water droplet pictures so I took about 4 more. I know that the rain was so bad, if I brought the camera out I'd probably drop it in the lakes that were created by the rain. (It was pretty bad.)

So I ate a McAmerica (which is basically an Egg McMuffin without the McMuffin on a bagel - they also come with ketchup but I told them to get bent) and ate pancakes. I'm a fan of grabbing free napkins and leftovers, so I grabbed this:

Such lovely American-made products! My visa expires on the same date that the syrup does... something needs done about that.

So after that, I went to the shopping center (aka a mall) and got my haircut and bought some cord so I can charge my retro Nintendo DS while I was here so I can play Animal Crossing until I sleep. (The cord is also awesome because it lets me charge my PSP and transfer files). But yeah, here's are a few Photo Booth photos of me:

Yeah, I need to shave but that's beside the point. I'll do it in the morning, I guess. So yeah, after shopping, I wanted to go to the beach. Yes, while it's raining. I wanted to grab lunch, sit in the car and eat. Then I decided to capture proof to show what a dickhead I really am.

Here's a fact for you: I hate seagulls. Can't stand them. He was pecking the glass and I was laughing. Stupid bird. So after I ate a bit of those salty fries and tortured the seagulls, I ate some dessert.

That is pecan pie and a Florentine. I am not really sure what exactly it is. I'm not even sure if that's the right spelling. I didn't like the pie so much but the chocolate thing was pretty good. It had fruit and nuts on it.

I went to bring the dog out to teach him how to be a normal, well-behaved dog on a leash. Didn't get far. My friend did most of the work (I also got a video which I'll make into vidiopod #2 at some point - way overdue). But I did get a [blurred] picture of my dog:

The second picture is the place where I live. That's the parking lot where no one can manage to park. Instead, they park right behind my parking space so I (or whoever's driving really) have about 2 inches of free space after I pull out. You can also see that the weather started clearing at that time. The 2nd picture was taken before the picture of the dog, honestly.

After that, I pretty much played Animal Crossing and got sleepy. I took a nap, woke up after dark and went grocery shopping and stopped by at Subway for something light. I need to eat more like that instead of eating until I'm full. And here I am now. It's almost 10 pm and I have to go to sleep very soon because I have the full week of working for free. Tomorrow is Peter's birthday (a friend of mine) so I'm going to go eat with him or cook). He doesn't read this, but Happy Birthday!

That's it for me because I need to sleep. I'm not being a drama-mama today. Screw that. Plus I need sleep.

My patience is being tested lately. I mean, really it is. What's bothering me right now is people's reluctance to accept that I'm in a relationship. And I've been terribly upfront about that. I have never lied about it so I don't understand why it's such a shock now. I have realized over the course of a few days that I need to work on that part of my life.

Of course, at the same time I have to say that my partner is not here yet. Running a day late. Apparently, someone booked the wrong ticket for him and had him stopping in Sydney instead of Melbourne. He called me about 4 hours ago to let me know that he just touched down in Sydney from China and they had him stop there. So, I'm waiting here kind of twiddling my thumbs. I'm not overly upset but I've been sitting here most of the day waiting for something that hasn't happened yet. And that is one of my pet peeves.

I spent a little time watching John's live show this evening and probably eating up my bandwidth like it is no one's business, but I have to say it was pretty interesting. I doubt anybody will ever see me there doing a live podcast though. Not only do I have the voice made for silent movies, but I also have the face that should only be filmed in absolute darkness.

Speaking of John, I noticed that he and his significant other have been together for 10 years. What's funny is that they still like each other. That confuses me yet it makes me think that I have some kind of hope. It's actually sweet to see two people take pictures together, go do things together when I am sitting here by myself with a dog that earlier today jumped up and bit my willy in the bathroom.

I guess focusing on the bad things are only going to make me bitter. So I'm going to stop. I have been promised changes but promises in this household aren't worth anything. But we'll see. I am struggling to say positive because it gets harder and harder. Maybe I should think of other things I like:

• KFC Honey BBQ wings or just the BBQ sauce itself
• The hands swimming around in the air from Björk's video of "Desired Constellation"
• Squeezing a kitten/cat until it meows
• Being naked and going to a waterfall that has no chance of being leech-infested
• Falling into a huge box of those plastic balls like at McDonald's
• Going to Taco Cabana and finding throngs of hot Mexicans
• Whoppers that have the chewy stuff inside instead of the malted crunchy stuff
• Seeing non-poisonous, friendly frogs hopping around
• Tasteful, non-porn-like kissing guys
• Amanda Steinstein (I don't HATE The Feast of Fools)

So OK, the anger is mostly gone now. :) So I will sit here and wait and hope that people understand where I am coming from and where I want to go. No surprises... ever.

It's not often that I do two podcast entries right next to each other, so we're lucky there. I hope you all enjoyed that picture of the jellyfish. It was pretty gross looking but at the same time, I sort of felt sorry for it. It sort of looked like it went through a lot lately, especially with it being torn open and everything. There are animals that I like but I'm scared to death of. I hate jellyfish for obvious reasons that I will explain in my next podcast. I also like crabs because they're funny looking. I feel sorry for them so I don't eat them. But there's also a story about that too.

And a word of advice, I don't eat much seafood. I don't really like it. I'll eat the occasional shrimp/prawn but that's about it. Oh and fish sticks. I like the sticks of fish. Especially when I know it's pretty much pureed fish and molded into sticks. Mmm mmm good. I make sandwiches out of those. Them's good eatin' Sister-Maw. My family pretty much wants to kick me in the face for not eating seafood and steak and stuff like that.

Speaking of people who want to kick me in the face, I talked to Brandi over Skype and told her she has to do a long-distance podcast with me. So maybe we'll see that sooner or later. I'm sure the next one won't be here for a few more weeks but I'm unpredictable. And I like me that way.

You people better be glad that I didn't post pictures of micro penises on here. I was looking at pictures of it and wow, I must say that would suck. Very bad.

I'm actually looking forward to next week though I'm working for no pay. It totally sucks for me, but for the medical center I'm going to, it's cheap labor! And if this thing doesn't stop underlining things in RED because I'm spelling things the American way, I'm going to eat a suicide sausage, egg and cheese biscuit.

I'm going away now to probably do something unproductive. :)

Added later: And now, the USA is no longer the world's fattest nation!(!!!!!!) It's Australia so I don't want to hear any more questions why we Americans are all so fat. :) Read more: Australia now world's fattest nation

This is actually take 2 of what is idioPod 25. If you haven't listened to idioPod Extra #1, you can go here to listen to it or hey, look in your podcast download thing if you have them download automatically. I'm sorta all over the place in this episode but hey, take a look at what I can do (with no hands too!):

• Exciting News: Almost licensed, busy next week
• Going to the beach, eating and a jellyfish thing I found (I'll tell the story why I hate jellyfish later)
• Video Games are a cause for anger management
• Video game geek talk
• Nick Thomas's special house guest, well at least on #252 of his podcast (No longer a Skype virgin. I had my Skype cherry popped.)
• Relationship woes - can they be fixed or is it too late? (I must still be in love or something)
• Casey Stratton's podcast - listen here. (Just a short mention of it really)
• Weather forecasting here sucks, really. C -> F and F -> C, harder than I thought I guess.
• Listen to podcast episodes 3, 7 and 9 part A if you haven't already. You don't have to, but I loved 'em.
• iPhone reaches Australia on 11 July and of course I think I want one (officially)
• A laughable beg for cash
• A wonderful description of my new podcast image
• The rest of it is just random, really and there is always a lot more here than I think. :)

Want to listen to idioPod 25? Listen to it here: idioPod 25: Jellyfish
Subscribe to feed me to your iPod or iPod knockoff.
Go to the idiologic weblog to find the latest news that I don't put here.
Nick Thomas is awesome. Get to know him.
Go visit Casey Stratton's website or subscribe to his podcast.
The music is "Little Chinese Girl" by Loom.

Oh, and here's a cute photo of the jellyfish I found:

Hi everybody. I know you're all excited for me to be back... right? RIGHT? Well, whether you like it or not, here I am and I'm about 94% naked right now. I could be webcam whoring right now but, yeah, we see how much I like to use my webcam these days. OK, it's not really true. I am dressed actually. :)

Anyway, in case you don't read past entries again that I edit, I wanted to mention that I have appeared on #252 of Nick Thomas's podcast so you can have a listen to it if you want to. Great fun there.

And also of other podcast goodness, I have actually posted my take 1 of idioPod #25. I decided to call it idioPod Extra #1 instead because I wasn't going to post it at all. It hasn't been edited and doesn't really have a stopping point in it. But I posted it anyway for your listening pleasure.

idioPod Extra #1: Still Here, No Fear (listen now)
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I pretty much made this episode after I let myself get really depressed and I couldn't get my mind collected so I was all over the place. I think in it I was getting so homesick and started missing my best friend, Brandi. At the end I said I'd be back but never came back. So there's no editing, no stopping point and no short, background music.

Also, (wow I'm full of podcast juiciness), the real #25 will be posted in the morning, about 22 hours from now. I just finished it.

That's it for now. There isn't going to be an official post for the "Extra" like there are with the other ones. If you have comments or questions, just leave them here.

A night of Hungry Jack's and I'm fat and sassy. The burger was a bit raw and the fries were on the mega-salty side. You know, so much for my diet. Oh well. I'm not really sure why I'm posting right now. I guess I need to get a bit of stress off my back for a while and it seems like every time I try, I get kicked in the ass for it. Yes, cryptic. I like being that way but I am just getting so stressed dealing with my relationship and everything else that's attached to it. I wish I could get my old life back but it's near impossible now. I haven't been calm for years and I am missing that right about now.

I started chatting with Nick via Skype thinking that it was going to be a short conversation but I ended up talking for about 1.5 hours. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that because he's an awesome person to talk to. I gathered that he was going to post it as a podcast during it, but I think that's pretty cool in itself because it's the first time I've done something like that. I told him I was a Skype Virgin and it was true. I used Gizmo to call my parents and stuff like that and chat and stuff like that. Now that I've used Skype I like it. Anyway, instead of divulge everything I've said to him (like I can remember anyway), I'll let you listen to it when he posts it. [Edit: He's posted it now and it's #252: A conversation with Ben.]

I thought it was funny because I was talking about the craziest things like how I torture my poor dog. I'd be tempted to steal it had I thought about recording it. I did think about it 10 minutes after it started but, yeah, I didn't and plus I think it's a good way to get you people listening to him.

Speaking of podcasts, my next episode, #25, is delayed a bit. I think I'm going to go ahead and post it though but not as #25. I think I'm just going to post it as an "extra". I was really down when I was doing it and it's mostly about how much I miss Brandi so much and how right she is. Over the past year, things have really picked up for her. She's getting so much done and I'm happy that she's getting to a point in her life where she's happy. I couldn't get my thoughts collected so it was very out there and messy. I'll work on another one when I can.

I'm supposed to be working on getting my clinical practicing done but I didn't. I went to the post office today and it took me a few hours. I walked about 5 km to get there then home and that's a little over 3 miles. The bus thing was absolutely garbage. It said it would drop me off about 310 meters away. That turned more into like 3,100 meters. The temp was a bit higher than it has been lately at around 20º C (68º F). That's pretty hot when the sun's out and I'm wearing a sweatshirt, shirt underneath and a backpack. I stepped into the post office and it felt like it was on fire. I was sweating like a French whore in church. (Texan slang, people... not sure if you heard it before... my grandfather said that one time and I laughed.)

So yeah I am a bit worn out and I'm in bed now. It's like 10:15 pm though my post probably says it's 11:15 pm. The clock is off at the server or something to do with Daylight Savings Time. Who knows. Who cares, at least these bad puppies get posted, yeah?

So that's it. My Skype username is idiologic in case anybody wanted it. Have fun with it.

I really don't spend my whole day on World of Warcraft. I really don't. But with it being winter and all and given Melbourne's unpredictable and horrible winter winds, I will admit that I sit around and do nothing quite a bit when it's cold. The last thing I ever want to do is to look like this:

Gotta love South Park but yeah, after my subscription expires (in about 5.5 months from now), I need to find something better to do with my time. You know, something outdoorsy. Something cool. I remember about 15 years ago my dad got me a telescope and it was pretty cool. It was one of the expensive ones but I only used it once or twice. I don't remember what happened to it. I think my nephew got it or something... I really don't remember!

I pretty much need to get away from all this gaming I am doing lately. It is borderline nerdy. Getting a new and improved hobby would be better like grabbing a pair of binoculars and looking at these crazy birds that fly around here. You know, or the parrots that you only see in the pet store in the USA. I guess it would be a good thing to explore the world around me a bit and see what's going on and curb my curiosity a bit. Opticsplanet can help me with all those curiosity-based needs.

So yeah, as I say this, I'm going to try to get out later today to do something. I have a few Sunday Saver tickets [they're all day cheap tickets for the public transport here to go anywhere] to use anyway. It will be good. Plus I want to have a BBQ or something in the freezing cold. :) This is my post for the day. I promise.

I've been on Cyndi Lauper like ugly on an ape (and I was going to say something really mean and nasty instead, but I won't because I'm a pretty nice guy). [Like ugly on ____insert ugly person here____.]

Here's the video from MTV... well OK maybe not "from" MTV because last time I checked, they just have a bunch of boring reality shows and absolute garbage. I'll let you watch it then I'll comment on it. This is a great time to listen to "Into the Nightlife" if you haven't heard it yet. (And I have seen it in other places in much, much poorer quality too... this is the best I can find.)

And now we've seen it... you have to admit that she is an individual. And I love that, but an individual like her, I was actually expecting something, um, a little more creative. But I honestly would rather watch this than listen to any of Björk's stuff. And I was expecting to see a bit more of naked men. So I'll post a few pictures of my own shirtless wonders. :)

Mmmmm, Usher. :) Tasty.

Proof that you don't have to have a shaved/waxed/smooth chest to be sexy. (And muscular for that matter, but that's OK)

Hispanic men. I totally heart them. Even if he's not hispanic, that's also OK.

Probably not the best pic of this guy... but that will work too. Proof that you don't have to be a muscle-head to have an awesome body!

So I am hoping that is good for you like it's good for me. And if it isn't, you can probably just go here to see lots of pictures of titties and stuff. Why? Because everybody loves titties. Oh and if these are one of your photos and you're going to totally kill me for posting them, then send me a note. Why aren't there more pictures of sexy shirtless Mexican men, damn it!

Good day to all of you (or those who want me to say it to them). I've been a bit quiet lately because I have been finishing up my clinical practice. I am not "officially" done yet. I still have another 5 days that I need to fit in within the next two weeks. Then I'll get my license. So that's a major milestone. It's been a tough time and I honestly didn't think I'd make it, but it's the home stretch now and I'm only a few steps behind the finish line. That's some good news.

My sister also posted a picture of me which I stole and will post here. I am not sure when it was taken, most likely Christmas 2006 [edit: actually it is... pay close attention]. (I haven't updated my gallery in a while, and I apologize for that. Since the bulk of my class is done, then I will have more time to devote to add a few pictures.)

The past few weeks have been decent I have to say. I'm still having problems dealing with the stresses of my life, but one way or another, I will get myself sorted out.

Ah, oh yes, and the iPhone is finally coming out here in July. I might get one and replace my iPod Touch with it. I mean, why bother having two things that do the same exact thing? Did Apple really think about this thoroughly? The data packages here, like anything communication-related, will cost an arm and a leg. I was telling Ronald that it will probably cost an arm and a leg. For example:

Get a staggering, huge 100 MB to use with your iPhone for $34.99 per month! Double that overly huge amount to 200 MB for only $30 more per month! It's a wonderful, great deal! Hurry, add it to your plan which charges phone sex rates and you'll ONLY be paying over $500 a month!

Yeah, it's really like that here. It's cheaper for me to call the USA than it is to call anywhere here. So I guess depending on the plans, I'll decide whether I need one that much. I honestly don't want to pay over $4,000 for a phone per year.

Anyway, enough bitching. You people know how cheap I am when it comes to these kinds of things. :)

Hi everybody. I hope you're all doing OK. I had a pretty good long weekend, went shopping and came back with not one, but two new games:

"Super Mario Galaxy" (Nintendo)

"Metroid Prime 3: Corruption" (Nintendo)

In almost every single Mario game I've played, I actually have stopped because... get this... it's too hard. I get so incredibly pissed off because I die every 20 seconds. I must have gone through 50 lives yesterday trying to kill the first boss (and getting there to do it). I have to admit that I do like shooting stars into these Japan-esque "star-things". That made me pretty happy. But all in all, it's a pretty fun game. I'm not going to write a review on it or anything like that because that's just boring for me. But if you want to know if I recommend it, sure I do. I still, sometimes, wish I would have gotten an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 instead.

Metroid Prime 3 is just... awesome. Yeah, it is pretty hard to control Samus using a Wii remote. I'm sure if the police were around in that game, I'd get arrested for public intoxication by my erratic movements and shooting at whatever moves. It's been awesome though. I absolutely loved the first one made for the Gamecube. I don't think I played the second one, but I probably should have. This game will most likely get a lot of gameplay when I am not busy working or something like that. Do I recommend Metroid Prime 3? You bet your life I do. Metroid has to be one of the most awesome series ever. It makes buying Nintendo products worth it. Oh, I do miss the Brinstar music though unless I haven't run into it yet.

OK, so this probably puts me on the city limits of Nerdville.

Also I wanted to bring up a fact about my weblog that you probably didn't know. I used to hold off posting until my comments were half of my entries so if I had 199 entries, I'd wait until I had about 99 comments. I am at around 407 entries now with 90 comments (a few that aren't published). I'm not begging or anything like that, noooooo. I just think it's interesting how things have changed so much over the years. I am also appreciating the people who are commenting too lately. It makes me a happy guy! (Unless it's bitching about every single thing I write, then that's different.)

So, I will go now and get showered and pray that my work clothes are dry by the time I leave. I am doing the afternoon/evening shift today instead of morning. I don't much like it, but I'll do it. I hear that it's less busy so that's good enough for me. :) I hope that you're all doing peachy.

Alright, so one week down and only one week left (minus 1 day) of my clinical junk. Then I'm supposed to be done. Because of my procrastination, that isn't the case. But I'm almost done. Today was especially rough because it was like a revolving door today. It was so bad that I left my patient to eat and came back about 20 mins later and he was kicked out of his bed. How's that for an exit? Other than that, I've been on my feet until I got home. I was in bed before it was even 4 pm. It's about midnight and I'm fully awake. I slept, I guess, for about 4 hours.

For those who do not know, I have updated the podcast page (which is easily accessible at idioPod.com). I put some "concept" art up and realized that I really suck with advertising/graphics. What you might not know is that when I was doing the low-level marketing stuff, I was deciding where to put things near the store entrance and things like that. There were these stands that 3 pieces of big cardboard sat in advertising sales and just information in general. I liked the idea, so I implemented that on my website. I figured, wouldn't it be nice to be able to switch these things around whenever I wanted to? My original plan was to make each one different and a different color, but after a while, I decided on the monochromatic thing which, yes, people have told me in person and by email that they hate.

You know, I miss that job. But at the same time, what I'm doing now gives a very big sense of accomplishment and it seems like the more I do, the more I like it. I wish I could stick with the simple-minded stuff but it wouldn't be challenging enough after a while.

Gilbert offered to give me his Alfa Romeo 156 but I'm not really sure if I want the damned thing. It's been a lot of trouble lately but then again, I actually take care of my cars unlike him. (Oh and the link may not be exact, but that's what it looks like.) It's probably one of the most comfortable cars I've been in besides the 1973 Cadillac Sedan deVille I had. It was actually an awesome car but it was a bit odd for people to see a white nerdy guy like myself driving one. Mine was gold so I was mega-pimpin'. And if you want to make lots of fun of me, this is exactly what it looked like:

Anyway, I don't know what's going to happen. What he says and what he does is completely different. I think everybody with a brain can figure that one out. But we'll see. He might haul off and surprise me! The car has been total hell so far... I sometimes wonder what the Italians were doing when building it? On 11-15 kinds of painkillers?

I'm outta here. I guess I will attempt to go to sleep again. But sometimes what I say and do are completely different too. We'll see. Listen to idioPod 24 if you want. It's up.

I made the mistake of just sitting down and beginning to record my voice. I talk about several things but mostly about myself. I seem to be good about doing that. I don't know why.

The juicy bits:

• Recovering from the flu
• Clinical practice going on now for two weeks
• Relationship register certificate date
• Cocktail party for those on the register... should I go?
• Chinese people with their pamphlet/brochure collecting
• Stuff on my desk
• Podcast lies (on my part)
• Facts about me?
• I hate chatterboxes... but god at all the things I've seen
• Baraka Obama wins against my wishes
• Crappy hospitals/nursing homes in Australia
• My friends keep bringing me sugar and chocolate, so...
• Diet Status: Failing
• Probably more...

Go to idiologic.com for the latest stuff. The music is Jackie's Strength bonus beats.

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idioPod 24: Go ahead and go

Feels like forever since I updated this thing and the sad thing is that I haven't for only two days! Wow, man, wow.

For the record, I'm disappointed that Hillary isn't going to grab the nomination for the Democrats. I, again, have to question whether Americans have pork 'n' beans (the "pork" part, which is about 99% fat) for brains or not. I don't have much against Baraka, but I feel that he's not the best person for the job due to the lack of experience. A lack of experience scares me. But as I've said before, if it came down to me having to supporting/voting for him, I will. If Hillary is the vice president nominee, that's just as good.

I will agree with one thing, the USA needs a change. And if people stick with voting a Republican in office, then I'll totally lose any bit of confidence I have left in the American people.

What I do understand that no matter who is the president, the whole gay marriage thing isn't going to budge. It's just not because the US is full of people who are zealots and feel like it's their way or the HIghway to Hell. You know because we Americans totally "heart" (love) scare tactics. And Jesus comes down to every single person and says "You know, if two men love each other, ten random kittens will die and the world will end!"

So many countries have legalized it... and we're all still standing, eh?

Exactly my point.

I wrote this yesterday but I'm posting it today. I have to finish today and tomorrow and then I have a three day weekend. God bless the Queen for having a birthday.

Hi everybody. This is a public service announcement of what that last entry was. I know that I have a lot of new people reading this thing. In case you're wondering, I do these posts to make a little extra cash to pay my hosting bills and to feed my addiction to World of Warcraft. OK, I'm seriously not addicted to it.

But anyway I get a few dollars every time I make one of those posts and you can tell which ones are the sponsored posts by going to the main page of idiologic and clicking weblog updates and looking for the blue $. I looked earlier and I had not done one in a long time. One had a blue $ next to it, but it wasn't a sponsored post. Those will eventually be deleted after 30 days. So you don't have to leave a comment.

That is all. I know, complete sell-out, eh? It keeps me from begging for money though and making my podcast sound like a PBS pledge drive. (Mark in Canada's words that made me giggle.)

Bye now. Gotta get ready to go do the "work" thing without getting paid.

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A quick entry before I head to bed. I have the feeling that we won't be hearing from me much in the next few weeks because of my clinical practice. 80 hours of absolute fun. I am feeling about 90% better so I think I should be OK tomorrow.

First, I downloaded the rest of Cyndi Lauper's "Bring Ya to the Brink". I have to say that I'm glad I bought it. It's pretty odd when I say things like that. One of the worst purchases I've made was Madonna's Hard Candy. I should have bought the songs a la carte instead. But anyway, I have a few favorites on "Bring Ya to the Brink" and it's because I keep listening to the same ones over and over really. I loved "Into the Nightlife" a lot. I'm hoping (and thinking) that it will be a single and she'll be stupid if she doesn't. I think it has potential to go to the top in the dance charts at least. Gay men will eat that up. "Can't Breathe" is another one of my favorites. It's one of the calm songs on the album but it's only available as a bonus at the iTunes music store if you buy the whole album. And I recommend you do that. It has tons of disco goodness. Oh, and rock me here, rock me there, rock me in my rocking chair.

I should also add that I buy from the US iTunes Store. It might not be available in Australia yet.

Something totally unrelated, it's so funny when I see how California has legalized gay marriage and people comment on the stories and say stuff like "What's next? Someone marrying their dog because they have a bond?" or "Now people are going to try to marry their brother, sister or children." Then they say things about how gay men are all pedophiles. And that pisses me off. Never, once, have I thought about any of these things. But sadly, a lot of Americans think that way and for ultimate leverage, they throw in a few bits about God (you know, THE God, the only one who exists and everybody else is wrong), the Bible and other junk. It's a shame really. (And nothing is wrong with believing in something, don't get me wrong. I will admit that I have a Bible next to my bed in case I need to read it to bore myself to tears in order to go to sleep.)

Now I think about it, has the world ended because other states legalized some form of it? Or Denmark, Canada or Spain? No? Then what's wrong with the people in the US? (Did you know that we are some of the most religious people in the world?)

Speaking of marriage, I did accomplish a milestone in my relationship but that's going to have to wait until idioPod #24 (that is the one that's next, right?) I need content for that one and I can say that it will be coming sometime in the next two weeks, even considering my schedule.

So I need to sleep. I do. So I hope you're all doing well. Thanks for the awesome comments lately. It makes me happy to get comments here. It keeps me writing, keeps me doing podcasts and stuff like that. Feel free to comment as much as you'd like. I am replying to your comments in the posts themselves. If you'd like for me to reply in email, just let me know but don't put your email address in the post itself. :)