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girls suck, fire good

Monday, June 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

basically the title is all I have to say about girls, but the fire portion. oh do I have some stories for you. So last time I got some friends together I wound up singing all the hair on my face and head. so this time I took some pre-cautions.

Some how the worries of every day life vanish when you’re surrounded by fire and a little scared. now you might have thought someone should stop after such an ordeal, however, we kept going. it was a grand night with lots of flames and such.

reasons to buy a mac

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 8 Comments

I know, I know I’m probably just obsessed about my machine, but I thought i would remind people of the advantages of mac vs. PC cause we’ve all waited way too long for Garit’s post. So here’s some of my opinions.
1. this is vain, but let’s face it, mac’s are just better looking than any PC I’ve ever seen.
2. it takes an idiot way less time to be able to work a mac than a PC (trust me I’m now in I.T. at work and we’ve tested it, on many individuals)
3. the simple fact that when you turn it on, it works, and if for some odd reason you have an issue, simply restart and the problem is typically solved (unless you loaded something wrong, in that case it’s pilot error and you would get the same results as a PC)
4. less viruses!
5. no spyware needed
6. smart programs. I need to expound on that, It seems that mac designs programs so well and so beautifully that everyone is trying to copy them, Windows, linux, and yet as we all no, a copy is never better than the real thing.
7. no longer do I need to think like the computer for it to work for me, now it thinks like me.
8. Drag and drop baby, drag and drop
9. less crashes. I work on both a PC and a mac, both have almost the same specs. Actually my mac is only a 2.2 ghz processor and 2 gigs of ram, my PC here at work is a 2.3 ghz and has 4 gigs of ram, all I really do on it is write HTML code, which is one of many thing I do on my Mac, my mac has yet to crash. on my PC (which is a little over 4 months old, the mac 8 months old) has given me the blue screen of death more times than I can count.
10. more green. This one if for all of you hippy’s out there. we have pulled apart a little older imac to clean it out just as I do with the PC’s here. I was curious so I pulled out my multi-meter. The mac uses almost 3/4th of the energy the PC uses. smile, cause mac is killing less trees and penguins.
11. Mac’s want to play. I can remember using a PC to try to edit video, and frankly I wound up having to use 3 programs for what I can do in just one on the Mac. I used adobe premire on the PC and now I use final cut. Final cut seems to like people and wants to help a friend in need. Premire seems to be a little snooty and self centered.
12. simple, they’re simple machines. my mom can barely turn on a computer and yet on my mac she has successfully edited her own slide shows and movies.
13. Prestige, no one will be impressed by a PC lap top, but that friendly little apple icon makes everyone ooh and awe and even ask, “Is that a mac?”
14. Cnet.com loves macs and so should you!

Ok time to give some down sides.
1. they don’t have as many programs or games as PC. but this could be a good thing. see PC programs come from, well anywhere, Mac’s all come from apple. The nice thing is apple can make sure it works right.
2. less customizable. It’s true, you can customize your PC to no end it seems, mac limits that.
3. Price, ouch mac’s cost a lot. But remember you get what you pay for.
4. some times dumb people buy macs when they only want to use the internet and some word based program than they complain that they wasted money and could have paid less for a PC that does the same thing. that’s true, any computer made in the past 10 years can do that. if that’s all you want to do, I’d recomend a few locations to find a computer for your needs, D.I, ebay, salvation army, dumpsters, dark ally ways, your neighbors basement, etc

In closing, my opinion, as a person who works with both, using a mac after attempting a PC is like taking a breath of fresh air. so Garit, I’m sure we’d all like to hear what you have to say about this.

mother’s day and a new camera

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Well it’s been an interesting couple of weeks. I recently purchased a nikon D80 and frankly I love it. I’d recomend it. I’m still learning how to use the darned thing but it’s awesome and the photos are beautiful.
so Mother’s day was a great day for us. the whole family got together for a great celebration. as illistrated in these pictures.

Un dia con Hortencia

Monday, May 12th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Catching up with old frieds can be fun and exciting, or awkward and super annoying. in this case it was neither. we just had a good time.
We went up to SLC as you can see, and than from there we went to a wedding reception. I’m not sure what everone was thinking, but it seemed like everyone we ran into thought we were dating/engaged. It was kind of funny.
to ensure the funniness of this I’ll have to jump back in time.
See Hortencia and I served in the same mission. In fact she was in my District in my last area. To this day we still see each other as missionaries and sometimes even call each other Elder or Hermana. When we try to hug, it’s very awkward looking.
We stand about 2 feet apart and lean in.
So as we went througout the day yesterday, we got some good laughs when people thought we were together and when they found out that we were, tried to set us up.
ha ha ha, oh you crazy utah people!

girls were icky when I was younger. why didn’t I keep that perspective?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments

So I’ve recently had a lot of bad experiences with girls, which has led me to ponder on the days of kindergarden when I found girls both disgusting and dumb. am I reverting back to this way of thinking?
as to my previous way of thinking, I thought life would end at age 18. not so much that I’d die, just that I wouldn’t be around anymore. so I guess yes, I thought I’d be dead by 18. I’m out living that expectation.
Also I wanted to be an inventor when I was a kid. I’m probably not too far off from that dream.
It’s funny how much we change when we grow up. However looking back I kind of wish I still had some of the same perspectives as I used to have. such as; all animals can talk if you just pay real close attention, Orange juice is orange because it’s from oranges, so that means milk is white because it comes from bananas, all midgets are from the land of oz, the nija turtle lerk in ever sewer, they won’t talk to you but they get loanly so you need to inform them that you think they’re doing a great job, the toilet is a passage to hell and that is why mom doesn’t want me playing in it, if I ever went to new york, I’d be greated by both monsters and people alike, waldo is hiding somewhere, everywhere, by hot gluing wires to my bike, if I travel fast enough, I can time travel, spinich makes my muscles grow, if I lift up my shirt and expose my stomach magical beams of happiness will pertrude out of said belly and become a care bear stare, superman flys in his underwear, why can’t I go to the store in mine, the icecream man is the nicest and most trustworthy man in the world, boxes work great to get from the top of the stares to the bottom, and just to wrap up my list, if I can close myself in the fridge I’ll gain super powers, becaue mom and dad didn’t think of this when they were kids they don’t think it’s fair that I should get super powers either.
so as you can see I’ve come a long way from last week.

I bet I could fix that

Friday, April 18th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

So as most of you don’t know. I am a bio medical technician. That’s a fancy title that simply means I do both mechanical and electro circuit repairs on medical equpt. the other day we started working on concentrators. now most of you probably won’t be able to follow this to well so I’ll see what I can do to make it easy. see people who are on oxygen usually have to refill their tanks 2-3 times a week. a concentrator removes the nitrogen from the air by pulling the air through some siv beds which are filled with chemicals that preform this function. That way someone on oxygen has a machine that removes the annoyance of having to re-fill their tanks. You’ve all seen one I’m sure. Probably in a rest home or a movie about a dieing old man.
so I was curious (when am I not) and decided to open up one of these siv beds. apearntly that chemical is more of a powder than a solid like I thought it’d be. and it really hurts when it gets into your eyes (yes, lesson learned).
However, my co-workers thought it’d be toxic. ok this is where I need everyone’s opinion. see I told them that I doubt it would be toxic because it’s used to pull nitrogen out of the air. It seems to me like it’d be harmless to be in the same room as a large pile of this stuff. that is as long as it stays out of your eyes.

Moving forward

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

My mac book was my favorite purchase in the year 2007. But that year has now passed, and so it was time to get something a little less cute and little more gutsy. ladies and gentlemen. I give you the MAC BOOK PRO. for those of you who know nothing of computers, this is most definitly a computer. but not just any computer, but a Mac, the only type of computer worth talking about (unless you’re running linix for some experimental thingie or possibly to record and play movies for you and your family).
If you have the money and you’re looking for a computer, I’d recomend a mac. My last lap top, a mac book, was amazing. it could do everything I asked it to do, untill I asked it to run motion. Now for photo editing, it was perfect, also video editing wasn’t too shabby. My new mac however is faster and more powerful than my last and can run things like, after effects and motion. But if I didn’t want to run those programs, I would have kept my mac. In short, I’m in love, yet again. and just like last time, this love won’t die. Even after it’s sold and gone, I will continue to think about the many functions of my mac.

super exciting

Friday, March 14th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

so I just wanted to express my excitment online. ON MONDAY MY MAC BOOK PRO IS SHOWING UP! That is all.

figuring out the video portion

Monday, February 25th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

so if you can’t tell already, my computer at work, which I’d like to poitn out is a PC, does not up load video very well. This is why I need a mac here. I’m so sick of dumb computer problems, spy wear, viruses, etc. Let’s save ourselves a huge headache and just get us all macs. the I.T. guys would love it. less problems, and with Time Machine, goo you can’t loose! so I won’t do many posts from work anymore, cause like I said, it’s a PC. every time I pick up my mac, after usuing a PC, it’s like getting a breath of fresh air. So to any of you out there that are debating Mac or PC, save yourself years of regret, and headachs. Get a Mac

it’s been a while

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Well let’s get you guys up to spead here. I got a promotion at work. I now repair the medical equiptment. I actually wrote a blog called “promotional down grade” and it talked about me moving from the use of my wonderful mac to a PC. however due to bad internet that never got posted. well I’m in school, finally, taking 3 film classes and a psychology class. so far it’s good. I’ll up load my first ever 1 min silent film.