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Monday, June 30, 2003
Out to Summer Camp. Be back in 5 days.
Hey guys, I wish I could tell you all about the antics of the weekend, however, its 5:00 AM right now, and I'm about to leave for Fresno, California this morning with the youth from my church. Sean will also be gone, so if he forgets to post a warning, he and I will not be able to go near a computer for 5 days at the most. So in the meantime, while we're gone, check out some of the links I have, or you can check some of the other blogs linked through Sean's website. Oh and if you were wondering, Fresno is the equivelant of a sweaty armpit in a Russian sana. It's just that hot, every day of the year it seems. Anyways, goodbye kids, I'll see ya around in a week.
Now Playing - "Eagles - Hotel California"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 5:43 AM
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Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Stress out the wazoo.
Where to start? So many things going on right now, my parents are about to have a nervous breakdown, and I'm about to go insane because of it. We're just about ready to completely transform my old room into a guest room, so we've been painting, cleaning, and moving things about in the house so that we can get the room ready. We gotta get it done by tomorrow since my brother and his wife are coming to live with us for awhile while their water problems in the house are being fixed. It'll be really nice to see my bro again, since I haven't seen him for a bit. Maybe he and I will get some gaming in like old times.
Secondly, my dad has decided that he does not want to pay child support any longer and so he has filed a court case with my mother to discuss whether or not he should any more. My mother and my step-dad didnt really want me to be too involved in the situation, but its hard to hear that this kinda crap happens. And judging from how my parent's stress levels are skyrocketting lately, I think they will be going to court soon. I dont know what to think about this situation, because I dont know why my dad would ever think of such a thing to do. This leads me to believe that my step-mom had some part in getting my dad to file a court case.
Last, yet definitely not least, we are trying to buy our house before we get kicked out, and buying a house in So. California isnt the easiest since the prices are so jacked. I mean, for the money you'd have to pay for such a house you'd think it was founded on a gold mine. So my parents are also dealing with the rediculous measures you have to take to get this house, so that we aren't forced out of a home.
So I guess in all honesty, I can only ask you to keep me in your prayers because at this point, it all lies in God's hands.
Now Playing - "Blind Melon - Swallowed"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 11:53 PM
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Sunday, June 22, 2003
What a weekend
I was planning on posting last night, however, I was so dead tired I decided to crash at Jeremy's house. We had an "end of the school year bonfire" in where Jeremy, Doug, Ericson, Sean, Justin, Wes, Cindy (Jeremy's Mom), Barbara (Cindy's Friend), Tony (Wes's Uncle), and I hung out to burn our crap from the school year and talk about good times. All in all it was a great time. It was nice to just get some of those inside jokes out in the air again. Sean was in charge of the fire as usual, however towards the end of the night we ran into a bit of a problem. You see, we brought a truck full of wood and pallettes to burn for the night, but towards the end, we ended up having way too much left over. Now I thought it would be a decent idea just to use an unattended pit so that we could burn all of the wood before we told to get off the beach. But no, someone had to have the bright idea to stack the rest of it on top of the pit. But after we had 3 pallettes and a crap load of wood stacked over it and burning, it seemed to draw a bit of attention as we tried to leave. The Beach Patrol stopped Doug (of all people, lets face it, he doesnt like authority) and the rest of us and told us to turn around and clean up the ashes and stuff from the fire. Doug begins to talk to the police officer in a "I dont take no crap from nobody" type of way, but I guess it wasnt totally out of line, since the officer was having a big attitude with us to begin with. So as Doug tries to convince the officer that we weren't planning on stranding the fire gone ablaze that was now probably visible from at least a mile down the beach, I headed back to the fire with my shovel that I was carrying. I began to throw sand on it and the officer comes behind me and tells me that I'm not doing what he wants me to. I just wanted to yell at him and say, "I DIDNT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS FUCKIN' BRILLIANT PLAN OK? I'M DOING MY BEST". So he tells me to just throw the embers back into the fire. Easier said than done cause as soon as I try to scoop this stuff up into the pit, I feel like I'm being charred with a flamethrower. My skin is burning madly, but I knew the job had to be done, so I didnt complain until I couldnt stand the heat again. Then I handed off the shovel to Sean who was now in his element while doing this. Thank God that Tony was there because he got us out of the $980 fine for doing this supposed crime. After about 2 hours in the water, 7 at the bonfire talking, and this whole ordeal, I was tired out for the night and crashed at Jeremy's house.
And so today, I went to Justin's baseball game way up in West Covina, but after eating lunch over there, which took us forever since we didnt hit any fast food for about 4 miles, we only ended up catching the last 15 minutes of the game. SO, we drove the 45 minutes to get back home knowing that this trip was basically the long way to go get lunch.
Now Playing - "Blind Melon - Drive"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 11:49 PM
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Saturday, June 21, 2003
The Birth of April
And so at aproximately 8:11PM, "April" was operational, brought into the new world of gaming. I've pretty much installed most of what I need to, with the exception of a few games and MicroSoft Office. Guess I still need to work on it, but this computer is just stunningly fast. Well, I'm off to take her for a test run.
Now Playing - "OC Remix - Marc Star - Crossfire"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 12:12 PM
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Thursday, June 19, 2003
What's in a name?
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Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 11:50 PM
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Anticipation is always hard.
You ever feel like you've been dragged all over town by your ankles and you feel like you could sleep for a week? Yeah, I'm like that right now. Good news is that my new computer will be ready tomorrow. Bad news is that I dunno if I'll be able to go pick it up tomorrow. I guess its ok, but I was looking forward to getting it sometime this week. So anyway, I was talking to Sean earlier and he persuaded me not to use the name "Jane" for my computer, since any monkey could just flippantly do that. If you dont already know, "Jane" is the computer entity mentioned in Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide from Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game Series. So then I decided to call it "April". Sure, I may be a computer nerd, but what are you gonna do about it?
Thought so.
Now Playing - "Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 11:45 PM
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Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Women Drivers
Today I am posting to make you more aware of the "woman driver" and why you shouldn't flip one off if they cut you off on the freeway or anywhere else. A man wrote this up so that others would be warned. He had quite a bit of time to think this one out, but I think it was worth the effort. It goes as follows:
"I was riding to work yesterday when I observed a female driver cut right in front of a pickup truck, causing him to have to drive onto the shoulder to avoid hitting her. This evidently angered the driver enough that he hung his arm out his window and "flipped" the woman off.
"Man, that guy is stupid," I thought to myself. I ALWAYS smile nicely and wave in a sheepish manner whenever a female does anything to me in traffic, and here's why:
A. I drive 48 miles each way every day to work. That's 96 miles each day.
B. Of these, 16 miles each way is bumper-to-bumper.
C. Most of the bumper-to-bumper traffic is on an 8 lane highway.
D. There are 7 cars every 40 feet for 32 miles.
E. That works out to be 982 cars every mile, or 31,424 cars.
F. Even though the rest of the 32 miles is not bumper-to-bumper,
G. I figure I pass at least another 4000 cars.
H. That brings the number to something like 36,000 cars that I pass every day.
I. Statisticaly, half of these are driven by females.
J. That's 18,000 women drivers.
K. In any given group of females, 1 in 28 has PMS. That's 642.
L. According to Cosmopolitan, 70% describe their love lives as dissatisfying or unrewarding. That's 449.
M. According to the National Institute of Health, 22% of all females have seriously considered suicide or homicide. That's 98.
N. 34% describe men as their biggest problem. That's 33.
O. According to the National Rifle Association, 5% of all females carry weapons, and this number is increasing.
That means that EVERY SINGLE DAY, I drive past at least one female that has a lousy love life, thinks men are her biggest problem, has seriously considered suicide or homicide, has PMS, and is armed.
Flip one off? ...I think not.
Now Playing - "The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 2:31 PM
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Be aware that you are not aware
Mason and I were having quite the interesting conversation tonight about Mortal Kombat's quote "Knowledge is Power" and my quote "There is no weapon greater than knowledge itself." This led into the discussion of how much "knowledge" is needed to play Mortal Kombat. The conversation went like this:
Mason:By the way your quote came off of Mortal Combat.
Ryan:Actually, it did not.
Mason:Yes. Their quote was "Knowledge is Power." Your saying the same thing.
Ryan:Yes, it ultimately leads to that simplification of "Knowledge is Power" but in my case I'd rather have it mean, Use your brain, not your brawn.
Mason:The essence of Mortal Combat was brains, not brawn.
Ryan:The essence of Mortal Kombat was button-hitting skills with a certain character devoted to your style of fighting. I hardly doubt that requires brains. A monkey could play Mortal Kombat and kick anyones butt if it knew what buttons to push.
Mason:A limited, but certain knowledge.
Ryan:You're missing my point. I dont think it requires a lot of thought or knowledge to beat someone at Mortal Kombat. Its merely passive skill.
Mason:But with their passive skill it creates a higher skill to fight, and so forth.
Ryan:But it does not require knowledge if it is passive, other than what buttons to push. The rest is left to the style of the gamer which is instinct, not knowledge.
Mason:Two passives must interact with eachother, and react, causing it to become more than passive, whoever can achieve the higher level wins.
Ryan:Maybe so, or it goes to the one who has a better ability to adapt to the fighting styles of the other.
Mason:What is that but the ability to be aware and achieve skill at a new level?
Ryan:The ability to adapt to a fighting style is beyond the ability to be aware of whats going on. Cause I can be aware of how I'm getting my ass kicked, buts it's how I react that matters.
Mason:Awareness is the ability to adapt, only if you are aware of what you need to adapt against are you able to do it
Ryan:Awareness + Reaction = Adaptation.
Mason:Reaction is simply acting upon the awareness.
Ryan:Which is 'adapting' to whats happening.
Mason:Reaction is being aware something is coming, and what you do against it.
Ryan:Hence adaptation. Exactly what I just said.
Mason:Yeah, we got slightly off track I forgot what we were talking about......
Ryan:We? You got a mouse in your pocket? Eh, I guess we did, since we were originally talking about a quote of mine.
Mason:Yep.
And the quote of the day by Mr. Mason
Mason:Even if one party is unaware any longer as to what he is defending, this is the equivalent of a lawyer going "Umm...... what are you accused of again? Murder 2!?! Hrmm.....well....I need a Pepsi"
Ryan:Too True.
Now Playing - "OC Remix - djpretzel - Blue Lament"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 12:21 AM
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Monday, June 16, 2003
The anticipation of it all
I can't wait to open up the box with my new computer. I think I get it tomorrow or the next day.
Hmm, not much else to post. Its not because my life is boring, its just that I dont want to spend a half hour bitchin' and moanin' about what crap going on. You should feel glad that you dont have to read a full page of my life right now. Frankly, I could use a bit of joy right now. That and a giant pooper scooper for the crap I've gotta take care of.
Now Playing - "OC Remix - The Wingless - Godspeed"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 11:08 PM
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Sunday, June 15, 2003
Happy Father's Day
Hey everyone, dont forget to tell your father that he's the greatest! Today I'm gonna have a barbeque at my house with my mom, step-dad, grandpa, and whoever else we decide to invite. I called up my dad today and told him happy birthday and he was watching the NASCAR race in Michigan. My dad is a NASCAR lovin', lure-throwin', all around serious dude of a dad. I've been working on the serious part a bit, but he's not one prankish humor, but its not too bad if I can get him to watch some Comedy Central. That seems to get him to lighten up. I dunno, my dad's just always been a serious guy, which is probably why I'm the same way. Usually quiet, but a very intelligent man. I've always been able to have a nice intelligent conversation with him about anything. He knows more politics than me, but that's usually what we tend to talk about. I always honored my dad for this because he was always understanding when I didnt know what we were talking about. He'd just explain it to me in more detail, allowing me to know more of the subject.
So tell your dad's how much you really care for them, because they only get one day out of the whole year in which they are really truly appreciated for what they do. For instance, putting up with all the crap you've done and still being able to love you. That in itself makes them the greatest. Happy Father's Day everyone!
Now Playing - "No Doubt - Hella Good"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 1:07 PM
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Thursday, June 12, 2003
With summer come a multitude of problems
Finals are done, school's finished. So now I'm supposed to be living in a paradise for the next 3 months. That would be true, however, things have come up and they are really getting me down. Maybe I'll elaborate more on this when I can make a better estimate as to what's going on. Let me just ask that you pray for me because this is something really important and if it doesnt work out, lets just say that you may not be seeing this webpage for a long, long time.
Now Playing - "Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 4:40 PM
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Wednesday, June 11, 2003
Fried Brain
Ryan:Man, I'm tired. Been a long day.
Brain:You're tired? You're not the one who feels like he's been sitting in a frying pan all morning.
Ryan:Not my fault that I need you for these last few days of school. Besides, they aren't testing me. These finals were meant for you.
Brain:Typical response.
Ryan:What?
Brain:Well the least you could do is put a book in front of your face every once in awhile so that I can gather more information on the subject. But no! You just sit on your butt doing other meaningless things.
Ryan:I figure if you dont already know it by now, you wont figure it out the night before.
Brain:That's only true if you dont study.
Ryan:Yeah, yeah. I've heard it all before.
Brain:It's amazing that I even work with you.
Ryan:I was the best, wasn't I?
Brain:Hardly. Everyone else was taken.
Ryan:Dont forget, I'm putting you through two finals tomorrow, so if you dont want to feel like you're cooking in hell, I suggest you stop where you're going right now.
Brain:Ooh, I'm so scared. What are you going to do? Make me fail?
Ryan:Hmm...now that I think of it, that's not such a wonderful threat.
Brain:Way to go, Einstein. Dont forget, you need me.
Ryan:You need me, too. Ya know?
Brain:How's that?
Ryan:You would be truly bored without me. You'd go insane, admit it.
Brain:That holds some truth to it.
Ryan:Now aren't you glad you were placed with me?
Brain:Sure, but I'm still on the waiting list for transfer if anything good shows up.
Now Playing - "OC Remix - aneurySm - SNES Battle Medley"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 9:48 PM
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Tuesday, June 10, 2003
What could be worse?
Hey guys, just a general update on what's going on in the life of Ryan Bach. Hmm, I found out earlier today that my father no longer wishes to pay child support so he is now taking my mom to court so that he wont have to pay anymore. This just makes my life so peachy because I now have to deal with my mom being upset all of the time because of it, its costing us money just to get representation when my dad could've talked to my mother personally, but that all goes in thanks to my step-mom because it was most likely her idea. I know my dad isnt that low, but I do know that she is. On top of that, I'm just about ready to fork over the cash for my computer, I guess its a good thing, but its a stressor nonetheless. Other than that, I'm just trying to get through school, and I'm trying to keep sanity because my friends are just being so stupid.
Now Playing - "Cowboy Bebop - Give and Take"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 5:20 PM
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Monday, June 09, 2003
Time to crunch for finals
Thanks Blogger, it made my day when you decided to do maintenance while I was posting. Kudos on that! Anyway, here's another attempt at today's post.
I'm so excited that this school year is definitely coming to an end. And finals were supposed to start tomorrow, however, my Health teacher has decided that he'd ditch out on the last two weeks of school, leaving us bored and upset. I dont have a problem with a teacher skipping out like that, but what makes me upset is that I could've gotten more sleep and possibly had a chance to eat breakfast in the morning, but no, instead I have to get my ass outta bed at 6AM and get down to class to sit there and watch stupid movies like Philladelphia and STD Prevention videos. Just makes my morning to hear all about what diseases you can get around the private property. Of course, on a normal school day I dont have breakfast for those very reasons. I'll end up watching some movie that will make me lose it by next period. So tomorrow is going to be a wasted day.
I've been dealing with a lot of crap lately, my mom's been chewing me out for stupid things yet again, my dad and my step-mom are fighting yet again, and my friends are being stupid. All in all, I want the school year to end, I want to pass my classes, and I want to take some time and relax, whenever I'll see that day is up to speculation. Hmm maybe I'll get lucky and the finals will be easy, but that's an icecube's chance in hell at this point.
Now Playing - "The Specials - Too Much Too Young"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 9:46 PM
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Thursday, June 05, 2003
Jr. High Reunion
Well I was invited to go to a Jr. High Reunion this Saturday and so I decided that I would go. Its gonna be crazy seeing all of the people again that I haven't seen in 3 years. I'm really anxious to see some people again. Quite a few friends I'd like to get back in touch with. After that reunion, I'll be going to a friend's graduation party, so my Saturday night is quite full. Gonna be a long weekend. And then one final week of school, then I'm outta school for quite some time. Well, gotta go to church. Later peops.
Now Playing - "Cowboy Bebop - Black Coffee"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 5:12 PM
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Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Have I deprived you enough?
Yes, I know that I haven't posted in 5 days. But of course, there is a good reason for this and it can be described in one word. Finals Yes, the dreaded finals have come to haunt me for my last days as a Junior in High School. So you may notice a slight change in posting frequency. Be assured, I am still alive. I'm just not gonna have much time to post with all the studying I've gotta do. Lets hope I get some good grades. I can't afford to screw up this year.
Now Playing - "Cowboy Bebop - Rain"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 10:22 PM
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