o/` REM – Losing My Religion o/`

Yesterday was nice, except that Myk had to go into work briefly %\ He got home soon enough though and we relaxed together, had some Boca Burgers for dinner. I hopped on IRC in the evening and played some Star Wars trivia in #StarWars. I watched a little tv before falling asleep around midnight. It was a nice day.

This morning I worked on my R2D2 IRC bot for a bit. My buddy Peacimowen decided this weekend that he’d install Mandrake (his windows install died somehow and he couldn’t find his windows disks, but he did get ahold of some mandrake ones!). Now he’s on xchat, and since he doesnt have mirc now he doesnt have his IRC bot which had a temperature converter built into it that i used often. So I wrote one for r2d2:

-@PrincessLeia2- !tempcon F 81
-@R2D2- 81 F is equal to 27.2222222222222 C

Yay %)

I also finally got around to tweaking R2’s weather script so that it *hopefully* won’t break anymore, and it’s got fewer security problems now. I took mj’s advice and made it respond to !weather (\d\d\d\d\d) instead of anything, so that it only accepts zip codes (it gives an error if it’s anything other than a zip code). So it’s hopefully more stable now. The only flaw it still has is not removing the files that it downloads and which do not coorespond to real zip codes… I’ll think of something, it’s just strange because sometimes it downloads a file called “index.html” instead and sometimes it actually downloads a file with the zip code name, so it’s difficult to know which I have to tell it to remove afterwards… and it gets very crankie if i tell it to remove something that isnt there %)

I’ll be going into work on Thursday, yay! It’s nice to finally have a job sometimes %)

Today is September 15th. It’s been two years since one of the craziest septembers of my life. I thought about writing a huge thing about September ’01, but then I stopped myself, it wouldn’t help me it all. In fact, it might depress me, this is now, and I am happy. I got back into contact with my family and friends and I started dating Myk that September and that’s all that’s important.

It’s really amazing how quickly my life changed for the better. I moved in with my aunt in October of ’01, despite Myk making it clear I was welcome with him at any time. I needed a break from living with a S/O. A break that would let me get myself back to some sort of sanity. I took a couple temp jobs while there and made some friends, I had a great time, and best of all I gained back my self esteem and feeling of self worth, I loved myself again. This was a very important step for me, as it should be for everyone.

I can’t believe it’s been 2 years already.

Now I am going to work on some stuff *wanders off*

o/` Tears For Fears – I Know This Much Is True o/`

When Myk woke up yesterday morning it was pouring out. Barry called around 10:30 and said that they were still planning to go to the park, so we said “sure, why not?” and decided to leave too. We got to their place around 11:30, and then left around noon to head up there.

The park was Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.

I love rollar coasters, and although my body might protest sometimes, they are very very fun! We got to go on Superman: Ultimate Flight (top speed: 60 mph), Great American Scream Machine (top speed: 68 mph) Medusa (top speed: 61 mph), Runaway Mine Train (top speed: 38 mph), Batman and Robin: The Chiller (Batman was closed, we went on Robin, top speed: 70 mph), Batman The Ride (top speed: 50 mph). After Batman The Ride, I was pretty much done for the day… it wasn’t too intense itself, it was just too much for me %) Myk went on Stuntman’s Freefall with our friend Doug but my head was starting to bother me a bit and I wasn’t really in the mood. Wow. Which one was my favorite?

The Chiller ride! It went from 0-70, straight, in under 4 seconds. The ride was only 45 seconds long, but wow… it was great %) We got in line while it was raining out (yeah, they had rides still going when it was pouring) but didn’t end up getting on the ride til after the shower stopped. Still, it was great %) I liked the Medusa too, it had big loops which are my favorite. I wish I could have gone on Nitro… that one went up to 80 mph, but while I can deal with a little headache from the rides, I CAN’T deal with a protesting stomach %) Maybe next time.

We also went into “The Right Stuff-Mach I Adventure” which was where you sit in seats that move a bit, and watch a big screen that shows you flying a fighter jet, and going to Mach 1. It was fun %) And air conditioned, so it was a nice break from the weather. We also checked out Houdini’s Great Escape. We had no idea what to expect, since it was all closed in a house with no real description. The theme was pretty cheesy, and the intro was horrible, but once you’re inside and sitting down it is cool. You sit on a long wooden bench, and are held in by a metal bar across your lap. Then it tilts you a bit (no more than 45 degrees I assume)… then the whole room around you moves! So it *seems* like you are going up-side-down. It was pretty crazy, and I am sure it’d make many people queasy %) But fun for me!

Oh! At 5:55 pm we were walking past the place that holds the “Dolphin Discovery” show (I didn’t know that this existed). The show was at 6 pm. YAY! There were a couple seal lions and a couple dolphins, it was a cute show %) And a nice break from all the rides.

Everything was paid for by Teva, a pharmaceutical company that our friend Doug works for. He had 6 tickets to go (includes provided food) and he brought his wife, Barry, Rae, Myk and I. It was really great of him to think to invite us. We owe him bi
g time %) And it was cool that Doug was willing to go on all the rides with Myk and I (Mega, Barry and Rae weren’t into the big fast rides). We’re thinking of all going back next month during Fright Fest %)

I hadn’t been to an amusement park in YEARS. I think the last one I went to with big coasters was Busch Gardens when I was in 8th grade (1995). Yeah, almost 9 years ago. And I had never been to a Six Flags. It was the perfect day too! Since there was rain some of the day, and it was cloudy, I’m sure a lot of people didn’t go… so we didn’t really have to wait in lines! And although the temps got up to about 80, and the humidity was very high, it really wasn’t too bad (I don’t think I could physically tolerate going in the dead of summer).

We left to go home around 8. It was a great day %)

I saw this on brinkecw‘s, radbatik‘s (Tarist), escapenguin‘s, BillMeir‘s, and slinkwc2k‘s web journals, so just for fun I tried it out. I wasn’t going to post it because I assumed it’d be fairly generic and stupid… but this is amusingly accurate, even the stuff I’d rather not admit soemtimes %) I guess that means I’m a typical Elizabeth.

“Your name of Elizabeth gives you a very idealistic but passive outlook on life. You desire culture and all the refinements of life but you are inclined to live in your dreams. Although you would like to do many things, procrastination undermines your accomplishment and success in life. You do not like to create issues and will do anything to avoid a conflict. Making decisions is difficult for you without the support and approval of others. This name gives you a very sensitive nature, making you feel much that you do not understand. Your feelings are easily hurt, at which times you are inclined to withdraw and become uncommunicative. Although you desire the friendship and association of others, you find it difficult to express your thoughts through the spoken word, and others find you hard to get to know. It is much more natural for you to express your deeper thoughts in writing. Inner tension can deplete your physical vitality.”

*wanders off*

Our friend Barry called us last night. He our other friend Doug had a couple tickets to his company picnic and asked us to go. Where to? A nice amusement park in New Jersey. Cool! We new it was forecast to rain today, but said sure anyway, I guess they are still going to do *something* even if it rained. Barry is supposed to call us this morning to tell us what they are planning to do, since right now it’s pouring out *sigh* … I hope it clears up enough to go %)

If we don’t go, we’ll just stick with our plans of having a nice relaxing weekend, and then I’ll be happy that it is raining.

Last night was ok. Myk got home a little later than usual from work (around 7:30) I cooked the couple of Boca Pizzas that we had in the freezer, mmmm. We sat around and watched Blue Velvet, strange strange movie (but I expect that from Lynch). I do like “Lost Highway” much more though.

I woke up all congested this morning. We had left the windows open last night and it’s started to rain, so I’m sure thats why, bleh… starting to feel better now that I’m up and awake though %) Now I’m going to go wake up Myk and take a shower and stuff. *wanders off*

o/` Johnny Cash – Hurt o/`

I love cover songs, and this is one of my all time favorites. RIP Johnny.

I cleaned the apartment this morning, just like every friday. The weather is great so I kept the windows open, a very nice breeze. They sprayed the lawn today with some chemical stuff, so tonight we will have to keep an eye out for Crazy Squirrels, hehe…

Ahh… This weekend it’s supposed to rain. That crosses most activities on our list of things we can do on weekends. I’m sure we’ll find something, maybe rent a few movies (yeah, I still need to see RHPS).

I updated the News Section of WallaceAndGromit.net yesterday afternoon. The covers for the new Wallace And Gromit games have been release yay! I’m so excited to get my copy when they come out later this year. They also have released tons more screenshots on gamespot.com than I had seen previously. It’s going to be so neat. Maybe this game will even push more people into knowing about Wallace And Gromit, maybe even be helpful when the full length movie is released in 2005. It’s so sad how much Wallace And Gromit have gone out of the public eye, even online there are few new websites featuring them, and many of the old sites are gone or havent been updated in *years*

I spoke to my mother recently. She’s unhappy, she’s always unhappy. This time, while my little sister was at a friend’s house, she left home because I guess her husband was treating her badly or something (My mother remarred after divorcing my father in 2000). She ended up at her sister-in-laws place for the night. It’s sad, because I want my mother to be happy, but frustrating at the same time because I know she will never be. While I was up there back in June she introduced me to a male friend of hers, and from the way she acted, and he responded it was clear to me that something was going on.. or that they wanted something to go on. I don’t know what it is about her that makes her unable to be faithful, or always so miserable in her marriages. I guess some people are just like this, maybe part of it comes from her marrying so young (basically right out of high school to a guy 10 years older than her). I guess part of it comes from being such a pessimist, I need to work on that myself. I wish I could see her happy someday, but I just don’t see it…

Well I’m glad it’s weekend time now, should have a relaxing weekend with my Myk %) Yay!. *wanders off*

o/` Duran Duran – Careless Memory o/`

I’ve heard a number of people put down this whole “September 11th Rememberance” thing. Their excuses range from the always wonderfully liberal “but there are much worse things happening in other countries” to “i just don’t care.” 2 years ago today our country had the most damaging attack in a peacetime ever (even pearl harbor only had 2,403 casualties, most of them military). These people who died on September 11th, 2001 were mostly civilians. It is a bloody historical event in our nation’s past. Something we should never forget. Something that I hope people stop and think about every year. Maybe I don’t want to see all the specials that will be on tonight, maybe I criticize the government’s actions since then as much as the next person, but I can understand and respect that our country lost something big during those attacks. I do understand that much worse things have happened elsewhere in the world, but does that mean I should not respect the things that happened in my own country? I’m an American. I’m happy, I’m healthy, I’m save. This country has provided a comfortable life for me, and I try never to take that for granted.

I am in a much better mood right now. Of course that could probably change at a moment’s notice.

I missed the Philly Chix meeting last night. It turns out that two people showed up (one who was new to the group!) but they missed each other (one was there from about 8-8:15, one from 8:20-8:30). *Sigh* The first complete failure of a meeting! I’m very disappointed. I think a few people might get together and have one next week instead, we’ll see. I was able to get a discussion going on the list about meeting with the DC linux chix chapter. It seems hopeful, someone even suggested that we all take a bus down to DC itself and visit the Smithsonian museums and stuff. That’d be so fun %) I looked at Greyhound for rates, looks like $40 for a round-trip ticket, it’s a bit pricey, but I don’t really see any other options, unless we drove (ugh). I think I’d prefer to go to DC than Baltimore, most people say that Baltimore is yucky %)

I left #deep13 this afternoon. I guess I’ll drop by from time to time if I feel like it, but I dont want to deal with the daily crap that goes on there. Today just pushed me over the edge. It’s amazing that any channel would so aggressively drive active users away. That channel had a lot of potential, and I tried very hard to help them gain users, to keep the channel active when it normally would be dead, but it was all useless. I already sent an email to a few people who I actually cared about there (and who I won’t see elsewhere) who do deserve and explanation.

I have learned a lot from my experience in #deep13, mostly about how NOT to run a channel. #13thHour has successfully grown over these past few months because I have taken the lessons learned elsewhere on IRC and put them into making #13thHour thrive. I give any of the users I can even remotely trust operator status (as well as a list of rules to follow), I listen to everyone’s ideas for the channel equally, I try to make sure personal fights don’t cause trouble for the general health of the channel. Have there been people who didn’t like #13thHour? Sure, there are those who are upset that we don’t allow scripts, but as a whole I am quite pleased with the atmosphere of the channel. I am pround to call #13thHour my IRC home.

Last night was nice despite missing the Chix meeting. We ordered a pizza and watched the west wing. At 9 we watched a rerun of west wing from last season, getting all geared up for the premiere in two weeks, yay!

Oh! And I dug up those “conditions for asking me for help” … I was reminded by a friend’s entry recently that I should probably put them up on my site:

Want Help? Some things to keep in mind when asking

*wanders off*

o/` Tchikovsky – Sleeping Beauty Soundtrack o/`

The few hours of work I did these past couple days was refreshing. I am glad I was given that chance, and I guess they were pleased enough so that they will get ahold of me to come in again the in future, yay!

I had to use a machine with Windows XP on it while at work, I have a new-found dislike for it. Nothing broke too badly, but the method of copying and pasting got on my nerves very quickly ;) I used Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for the html editiong, I’d never really used an HTML editor like that before. I can see what some people like in it, but I pretty much ignore all the bells and whistles and got annoyed when it put in an end tag whenever I put in a beginning tag. In all it really wasn’t a bad program, but I could never justify paying for it. All I really require is syntax highlighting, and vim has that. Luckily, Myk said that if I do come back often that he’d take the time to set up a linux box for me, yay! That’d be nice… being stuck in XP was no fun. It was fun working on websites for “Real” companies though, exciting to know I had a part in some big websites, even if it was HTML grunt work ;)

I’m in a terrible mood. I’ve never been so moody before, it’s progressively gotten worse this year, luckily I can usually keep my crankiness to myself so Myk doesn’t have to deal with it after a hard day at work, but it’s becoming progressively more difficult. I guess it’s just me getting older, yuck. I hate feeling this way, no matter what i do to bring myself up I just start sulking again, it’s quite pathetic. I have tried just working on things and keeping my mind completely off my mood, but that just serves to push my mood to another part of the day. I need to find a way to peacefully deal with this crappy feeling without inconveniencing others.

The Philly Chix meeting is tonight. I want to go, the weather is nice, and I feel good so I’ll probably be taking the train down. Hopefully we’ll have more people there, but 5 is a hard number to beat considering we only have 7 members ;) I was contacted by the woman who organizes the Linux Chix chapter in Washington DC (I have spoken to her before, but never made concrete plans), she said that it might be possible for her group to meet with ours sometime in October. We’re thinking that a few of us might ride down to Baltimore, and meet them there, so we could possibly go out for dinner, see some sights, do whatever as a big chix meeting (with our boyfriends, and male members of the DC Chix group). It would be fun, and I’ll bring it up at the meeting tonight, maybe we can arrange going up some weekend.

Now I go work on some things that were neglected during my couple days of real work %) *wanders off*

Yesterday I went to work. *watches everyone reading this do a double-take on whose journal this is* Yep, work. Myk told me yesterday morning around 9:30 that employer had some tedious html work that they needed someone to do this week, and since I was available at last minute they had no trouble accepting me to do the contract work, yay! It was kinda nice being notified at last minute, since I am a crazy worrier and I probably wouldn’t have slept Sunday night if I had known I was going to work my first day the next morning. I really had nothing to worry about however, it really was html grunt work, a bit of organizing of content, nothing remotely difficult. Today they have more work for me, so I’ll be going in with Myk this morning. So this is why I’m up and showered before 7 am.

Having this contract work is very nice, I am happy to financially contribute for once to this relationship, and it certainly makes me feel better about myself. This is a great opportunity as well. I kept finding myself wondering how I’d get anywhere without this chance, thinking it’s somehow less of an achievement since my boyfriend set me up with this. But if I wasn’t here with Myk, if I was still living in NY with my aunt, I’d probably would be working and going to school, carving my way that way, so what I’m doing now is just taking advantage of the opportunities that live is giving me. I shouldn’t worry about how I got the opportunities, only that they exist.

Who knows, maybe in the future, if they are pleased with my work, I will have more chances to work for them. That’d be nice. At least I now can expand my portfolio, not just one webpage job for a tiny real estate company, now I have something more, and a bit different. It feels good.

Well I am going to go eat some breakfast and continue to get ready to go. *wanders off*

Myk and I went to Gettysburg, PA yesterday. We took the turnpike to exit 236 (about 100 miles), got off there, went south on 15 until we got to 30 (about 27 miles). Took 30 west right into the center of Gettysburg. In all the trip was a little over 130 miles, took us around 2 hours. We got into Gettysburg in the late afternoon, which was alright. First we visited the huge National Historical Park there where they have hundreds of monuments. It was so weird, you drive by the park and you think it’s just another farm, and then you see all the monuments. We found an entrance into the park and just happened to decide and stop at Little Round Top. I wanted to see this, but we didn’t have a map so we sorta just decided to drive and walk around to see what we could see, I was glad we were able to go here. Saw the little monument that was put up for the 20th Maine (hey, I’m basically a Mainer at heart). We got to walk through some trails in the woods behind Little Round Top, it was beautiful back there, we’d enjoy the scenery and then come upon another small monument, just often enough to make us remember what horrible battles were fought in that wonderful place.

After walking for a bit we decided to head up near the Pennyslvania monument. It’s the biggest one in the park (see picture, I didn’t take this, I swiped it from a government website… hey I’m sure it’s my tax money that was used to take this picture anyway). It had all the names of the men who died from PA in the battles there, and then there was a narrow spiral staircase that went up to near the top of the monument so you can look out, the view was very nice (similar to the view from on top of Little Round Top). We walked around a number of other monuments spaced out in the area, it was quite informative, and sad at the same time, I’d never been in a place like it.

At around 6:30 we left the park to find something to eat. We parked in town and walked around for a while looking for a place since we wanted to get the “full experience” of dining in Gettysburg. At around 7:30 we finally ended up at a place called the Farnsworth Inn. There was an indoor dining room, but we would have had to wait unil 8:30 to get a seat, so we went outside into the Garden of that same restuarant, where we were quickly seated. The waitresses were all dressed up in civil war era clothing, and the atmosphere was great. Luckily the weather was perfect, so we weren’t too hot or too cold while we ate. The menu was short, about 8 entrees, all served with bread, salad, and vegetable. I got a chicken pot pie, which definatelly had the yummieness of home cooked food, I was quite pleased. The salad was great, the breads were wonderful, and for a vegetable both Myk and I got pumpkin fritters, which were like pumpkin doughnuts… oh my, they were good. The service wasn’t the greatest, the waitress wasn’t around much, and never remembered to bring me a glass of water that I asked for, but I didn’t let it bother me too much. It was a great dinner.

After dinner we did some more walking on Baltimore Ave. There were a number of “Candlelight Ghost Walks” and since it was after 8 and didn’t really have other plans we decided to buy tickets for the most popular one, the “Farnsworth Candlelit Ghost Tour.” While we waited we stopped at a fudge shop, oh yummie fudge! It was good %) Then at around 9 we got to go on the ghost walk. It was amusing, the guide wasn’t *too* cheesey I guess, even if some of the people taking the tour were a little weird. During part of the tour I got a little dizzy, but I think it was because I had eaten so much and then decided to do lots of walking beside a road that had lots of motorcycles driving on it (yay exhaust fumes). I felt fine for the rest of the walk after sitting down for a couple minutes. We were taken to one dark woodsy spot where people often “see things” and sometimes cameras pick up things. Did I see anything? Naw, but I’m sure I would have if I wanted to, it’s e
asy to see shadows in an area near the woods. To end the tour we were able to go up in the attic of the Farnsworth Inn, it wasn’t really interesting unto itself, I actually enjoyed the walking into the in, up the stairs, through the hallways, it was a really cute little place (and $120-180 per night, it’s an option for accomidations next time we go..). The stories the guy told gave an interesting picture of the area, and in the end it was a decent way to spend a couple hours. Just keep in mind if you ever do it yourself that it’s a lot of walking and standing on the sidewalk of a busy road ;)

It was around 11 when the walk ended, still having a 2 hours drive home ahead of us we decided it would be a good time to leave. We stopped for some sodas and gas on the way home (gas is about 20 cents/gallon cheaper out there, living near a city sucks!). The drive home was nice and uneventful. Almost as soon as we got home around 1 I went to bed. It was a perfect day.

I think next time we head up to Gettysburg I’ll take the time to find a map of the Historical Park, and do a bit of research into Gettysburg history so I am more clueful to what I’m looking at. It’ll definately be worthwhile to spend the time learning about it, I want to anyway. We also think we might want to try to get reservations at one of the many bed and breakfasts there, maybe take a three day weekend and sleep there for a couple nights. Since we enjoy walking I don’t think we’ll suffer from a shortage of things to do. Oh! And there are little horse-drawn carriages that go through town, definately want to go on one of those next time.

Now for the boring stuff %)

“What’s your vector Victor?”

On friday night Myk got home and we thought about doing our much needed grocery shopping, but neither of us were in the mood so we ordered out for pizza and wings instead. Yum. While eating we were channel surfing and stopped on a classic movies channel where they were playing “Naked Gun”.. which I had never seen. It was funny. After, they played “Top Secret” which I had seen. THEN they played “Airplane!” Yay! I had never seen it, but wanted to someday. we had almost rented it a couple times. It was cool to be able to just watch it on TV. The “drinking problem” thing had me laughing for about 5 minutes, actually, it still makes me chuckle. After “Airplane!” (by this time it’s after 1, and I needed to get up for Gettysburg in the morning) they played “Zero Hour!” which is the film that “Airplane!” is a spoof of. Well, hah! I had never seen “Airplane!” and had no idea it was actually a remake to a bad 1950’s airplane disaster film. So I started watching “Zero Hour!” It was definately what “Airplane!” was based on, even the main character (Striker) had the same name. Some scenes were nearly identical in both films, it was great, I really which I could have stayed up and watched the entire thing, but I would have been exhausted in the morning.

Hmm, today I guess we’ll finally go grocery shopping since we don’t have much food. No other plans really, I took some benadryl this morning because my allergies were bothering me, so I don’t think I’ll be doing too many active things (at least I’m not drowsy yet!). It should be a nice relaxing day, and it’s beautiful out, such perfect weather. This is my favorite time of the year.

We were watching some tv right before bed last night, Travel Channel’s World’s Best. It’s a decent show for when I’m trying to fall asleep, and last night it was on the “Most Patriotic Places” in the US. When it came to number 7 (or 8?), I perked up, Gettysburg! All summer we’ve been looking for places to go walking, usually settling on wandering around our apartment complex, or going up to a state park and walking down trails. I asked Myk how far Gettysburg was, and I guess it’s no further than Harrisburg (less that 2 hours), so I suggested that we go this weekend. I have never been to Gettysburg, growing up in Maine and only recently moving to PA in 2001 it’s not terribly surprising I guess. I am really looking forward to it! Myk looked up some touristy websites today that might be really interesting to visit, and we could do LOTS of walking. It’s supposed to be nice too, so everything is shaping up nicely for a day trip. Wow, I’m actually travelling because of something I saw on the Travel Channel.

Today I got all sorts of things done. Cleaned the apartment, paid bills. Tons of little projects that I have intended to tie up in the recent past have been paid attention to finally, I realized that I have so many that I doubt I’ll finish them all in the near future. It feels good to be busy, and I definately feel like I’m acomplishing a bit.

Of course I finally have tons of things to do today and I find out that R2D2’s weather script has been acting funny *sigh* I found one of the flaws, but it’ll definately require a great deal of tweaking, probably on monday when I have a day to look at it.

It’s so nice out today, I opened the windows and I’m actually not sneezing, yay! Now I still have things to do so I need to get back to work. *wanders off*

o/` Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time o/`

About 10 months ago I started collectiong logs of #13thHour from my irc bot R2D2. At the end of each month I’d stop R2D2, move the log file, and restart irssi with a new log file so i had them separated into months. Just recently I made an IRC Stats Archive with current and past logs. So I looked at these stats recently, from the first full month of October, to this past month of August:

October 2002: Total number of lines: 19965.
August 2003: Total number of lines: 60613.

Wow. I guess it is sorta unfair to compare “summer stats” to “during school” stats, since we do have a few people who are still in school and won’t chat is much, but still, over 3 times as much activity! I’ve said this before, but I’m so very proud of that channel *looks at it now* currently we have 24 people (not counting bots or clones, with them the number is 27). That’s so great, just think, in the winter of 2001 Time and Thrawn sat in #13thHour just to keep the channel open. Not only do we have a high user count (anyone can do that if they “offer” some incentive, like warez), but we have some really great people there and I enjoy talking to all of them %)

I emailed a few people who had been in there long enough to be considered members, so hopefully I’ll start getting their surveys back so I can put them up on the memebers page. Yay %)

It’s been really great watching #13thHour grow. I guess it was inviting a number of people from web journals at once that boosted it, I think about 4-5 of you came at the same time and started chatting, so then when people dropped by they stayed because it was active more than it was before, and more and more kept staying until we had a thriving channel again that is often active. It makes me so happy.

I don’t usually keep up with the news, but it seems they caught an 18 year old guy who modded the Blaster worm and caused more trouble on thousands of computers. I looked on yahoo (just because i have email there, so I was there anyawy) and they had this story about how this guy is “just a kid” … apparently his parents went on television and claimed they were just a normal middleclass family and that their kid was no “genius” on the computer. Hm, so he was just another malicious script kiddie? Throw the book at him. Yeah, it sucks for his family, but I have no doubt this kid got on IRC after letting out this modded worm and bragged to all his leet hax0r friends about what he had done. And he is not “just a kid,” he’s 18 and in the US that makes him liable for every thing he did. I’m glad he was caught. I hope they make an example of him. As much as I dislike Microsoft, I hate script kiddies like this much much more. Their actions cost time and money around the world, and it’s about time one was caught and hung out to dry.

Yay for bitterness!

I am going to go work on some things now *wanders off*