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Fuck you, Nintendo, get Capcom to make your next Zelda game.

2009-12-21T10:02:37Z

I am *done* with Spirit Tracks. This does not mean I have beaten it by any means, just that I am sick of the frequency of bullshit and tedium in it. I'd honestly rather do the triforce search in Wind Waker again. At least I can go anywhere I want in that and not be on rails with stupid fucking demon trains that can only be disabled, not destroyed, so sometimes you have to waste 5+ minutes backing up and going around because of the fuckers!

Hell, I've been replaying FFVIII lately, and it's nowhere near as tedious or boring as Spirit Tracks.

You hear that, Nintendo? Your game is more boring than FFVIII!

kamdrimar @ 2009-11-23T17:30:00

2009-11-24T01:30:27Z

Hooray! My car's transmission is in decent condition, it just needed more fluid! I got it serviced (it seemed like a good idea 'cause it's got a lot of miles on it and the filter was in crappy condition) and now it's working fine.

kamdrimar @ 2009-10-29T16:11:00

2009-10-29T23:11:51Z

There's probably a story in this, somewhere. Kinda wish I could hear it. (For those who don't know, I live in Santa Rosa, CA)

Track your package
Date Time Location Event Details
October 29, 2009 03:51:00 PM LOUISVILLE KY US Departure Scan
October 29, 2009 01:37:00 PM LOUISVILLE KY US Arrival Scan
October 29, 2009 01:04:00 PM LOUISVILLE KY US Arrival Scan
October 29, 2009 10:55:00 AM LOUISVILLE KY US Arrival Scan
October 29, 2009 06:40:00 AM DENVER INTL CO US Delay in delivery due to weather or natural disaster
October 29, 2009 06:33:00 AM COMMERCE CITY CO US Departure Scan
October 29, 2009 04:00:00 AM COMMERCE CITY CO US Arrival Scan
October 28, 2009 10:00:00 PM ENGLEWOOD CO US Departure Scan
October 28, 2009 07:27:00 PM ENGLEWOOD CO US Arrival Scan
October 28, 2009 08:55:00 AM ENGLEWOOD-CENTENNIAL CO US Out for delivery
October 28, 2009 08:55:00 AM ENGLEWOOD CO US Possible delay in delivery due to extra carrier processing
October 28, 2009 08:55:00 AM ENGLEWOOD CO US Arrival Scan
October 28, 2009 07:45:00 AM SANTA ROSA-SANTA ROS CA US Arrival Scan
October 28, 2009 07:45:00 AM SANTA ROSA CA US Out for delivery
October 28, 2009 06:45:00 AM SANTA ROSA CA US Arrival Scan
October 28, 2009 12:52:00 AM OAKLAND CA US Departure Scan
October 27, 2009 08:35:00 PM OAKLAND CA US Arrival Scan
October 27, 2009 08:15:00 PM OAKLAND CA US Departure Scan
October 27, 2009 05:25:00 PM OAKLAND CA US Arrival Scan
October 27, 2009 03:58:00 PM LOUISVILLE KY US Departure Scan
October 27, 2009 01:44:00 PM LOUISVILLE KY US Shipment received by carrier
October 26, 2009 06:01:02 PM Lexington KY US Shipment has left seller facility and is in transit

kamdrimar @ 2009-10-01T23:33:00

2009-10-02T06:33:28Z

Woo! Went to a murrypurry furmeet, and it was pretty fun. Had some great pizza and conversations, and hung out outside and talked with a fur from Petaluma, and learned a bunch of Petaluma's history, which was pretty fascinating.

kamdrimar @ 2009-09-29T15:09:00

2009-09-29T22:09:53Z

Woo, I'm 3^3 years old today, for whatever that's worth. I have no idea what to do with the rest of my day.

Let there be light!

2009-09-15T01:23:41Z

Woo, I fixed the damn light in the livingroom! Replaced the switch, and now it's working fine again! I bought a couple of outlets, too, and I'm going to replace some of the shittier ones with them when I get around to it.

Closing the Book on the Bush Legacy

2009-09-12T23:26:14Z

Some people repeatedly linked to this article about the socioeconomic legacy of the Bush administration in a Fark thread, and it's pretty fascinating, in a saddening sort of way. At least it's nice to know that things really are getting better now, at least a little bit.

kamdrimar @ 2009-08-21T15:40:00

2009-08-21T22:40:49Z

FIX
OLD
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Posting on the LiveJournal with lynx is hard!

2009-07-24T10:37:48Z

So yeah, I'm in Dana Point, and for some reason it's hot and humid here even though that almost never happened in the 16 years I've lived in the area. The weather hates me. :P
I said hi to my dad and to my friend across the street, then went wardriving for about an hour before I found an open wifi network. Talked to another local friend and went over to his place for a bit, which was fun. Also managed to snag a burger from A's! I haven't eaten there since I was a little kid, and they make damn fine burgers, to my surprise. (Though I guess I shouldn't be, they're a local icon for a reason.)
Now here I am in the room I stayed in when I lived here, and it's all weird and full of antique stuff now, though at least the unnerving heart trim is gone. Ironically (recall the wardriving) there's a really strong wireless network in range of it, hence my making this post now. (In lynx 'cause I don't like logging into stuff over open wifi; I SSH to my desktop instead and run command line stuff.)
Anyhow, probably going to head back sunday or monday, depending on my friends' status and the weather. Today has been surprisingly fruitful considering I got here at 8:30 PM. Weird how that sort of thing goes.

The road ahead

2009-07-23T09:21:27Z

I just finished watching Six Feet Under, and I've never been this blown away by... well, by anything before. The finale made me cry for over 10 minutes, genuine crying, something I haven't done since my first night in California after I had to move away from Hawaii, when I realized I'd never see most of my friends again. This, on the other hand, was a good thing. I cried, I think, because the ending sequence was not just beautiful itself, but the culmination of something utterly beautiful, and utterly special. It's storytelling and art at its finest, and it's given me a true understanding of the concept of a masterpiece.

It's also, oddly enough, the perfect way to end the night before I leave for southern California. I'm going there to pick up some of the pieces I left behind, and let some important people in my life know that everything is going to be okay, and that I'm going on a journey to find the life I should be living. If I were the superstitious sort, I'd take the way Six Feet Under ended as a sign. At the very least, it's a little bit more inspiration.

kamdrimar @ 2009-07-16T20:09:00

2009-07-17T03:09:13Z

No idea what this is, but I found it in a thread on SA, and felt like sharing.

Woo, drivin'!

2009-06-24T05:55:51Z

Damn, today was awesome. I drove up to Clearlake with my roommate, and along the way there was a pretty impressive brush fire on the side of the road. We got pretty close to it, and saw the flames.

I took highway 175 from Hopland up to the lake, and I kinda don't want to take that stretch again any time soon. Very, very narrow, and very, very windy. In fact, one of the worst mountain roads I've ever seen, and I used to live in the mountains! Made it though, and the lake was huge, and beautiful.

We stopped for Chinese at a decent little place in Lakeport called Chopsticks (nothing special, but definitely not bad) and then I drove around the lake and back down through Napa County, and forgot to get off the highway in Calistoga. Ended up in Napa, where I decided to take the main drag west because it'd probably hit a road that goes over the mountains eventually. I turned off on Redwood Rd because it sounded feasible.

It was after sunset, and dark, and the road was surrounded by trees and unlit. It was absolutely beautiful; as I mentioned to my roommate, the only thing that could have improved it would have been dim, multicolored paper lanterns in the trees along the roadside. Eventually, through much windy, dark, hilly road, I ended up on Dry Creek Rd, took it left and back up the mountain (d'oh!) then down what I think was Trinity Rd through yet more twists and turns. (Gave my car's 1st gear a good workout!)

On the way down, we got to see something absolutely awe-inspiring: Santa Rosa, from the mountain, with a red haze (probably from the fire I mentioned earlier) and a tiny sliver of a crescent moon over the valley. It was like something out of a painting, and I wish I could've gotten a photo of it. (No tripod. D'oh!)

Finally by sheer luck, we got to Sonoma Highway and took it back home via Kenwood. Turns out I didn't miss anything worthwhile in the woot-off, too! Bonus!

kamdrimar @ 2009-06-22T15:39:00

2009-06-22T22:39:39Z

kamdrimar @ 2009-05-31T14:21:00

2009-05-31T21:21:08Z

Don't know how long it's gonna last, but right now Amazon's selling HDMI cables for 23 cents each and Toslink cables for 8 cents each! EDIT: plus somewhat high shipping, but still a much better deal than you're likely to find elsewhere. (Up to 3 on the HDMI cables, not sure what the limit on the Toslinks are, I got 5.)

kamdrimar @ 2009-05-29T02:33:00

2009-05-29T09:33:54Z

Pixar's latest, "Up", is another masterpiece. They've still got it, and it's still beautiful. Touching, hilarious, and nostalgic in a good way.

FA users!

2009-05-06T20:51:04Z

If you want to get rid of the annoying as hell "Update, random mode" button:

This should work for all mozilla browsers (Seamonkey, Firefox, Camino, Flock, etc.) and for Safari and Opera, too.

First off, if you're unfamiliar with editing the userContent.css file, google it with your browser name to find out where your browser's configs (If you're using Camino, for example, they're in ~/Library/Application Support/Camino )are located and if a userContent.css file is not already there, create one.

Insert this block into the file, and save it:

@-moz-document domain(furaffinity.net)
{
    input[name="random_mode"] {
        width: 4px !important;
    }
}

Note: if you want to get rid of it completely, change "width: 4px !important;" to "display: none !important;"

My mind is blown.

2009-04-17T10:37:27Z

In Australian stock car racing, they turn right.

Mar-i-nate!

2009-04-08T22:29:16Z

I got me one of these vacuum marinaters in the last woot-off for $30, and I was fully expecting it to be snake oil, but it actually works! I made some poke yesterday in it, and 10 minutes (two full cycles) in it did a better job of marinating it than leaving it overnight in the fridge and stirring every few hours or so. It not only got the sauce throughout the fish fully, it also tenderized it noticeably, which made it that much better, IMO. I'd not say it's worth the list price, but if you can score one for around $30 like I did, it's a nice piece of kitchen equipment.

kamdrimar @ 2009-04-08T14:38:00

2009-04-08T21:38:21Z

Is it just me, or does cane sugar soda go flat a lot more slowly than HFCS soda? I left a bottle of Boylan Grape out overnight, and it doesn't even seem to have lost enough carbonation to be noticeably different.

Epic fail!

2009-04-01T02:01:28Z

Edit: I guess Bug Me Not is in Europe, where it's already April first.

Important! To anyone who shops at Whole Foods

2009-03-18T06:37:09Z

Just in case you haven't seen it, this article shows some of the many ways they're anticompetitive bastards.

kamdrimar @ 2009-03-10T20:41:00

2009-03-11T03:41:50Z

Some day, I'm going to go back in time, find out who proposed actually implementing DST, and make sure they're never on-time or fully-rested again.

kamdrimar @ 2009-03-08T06:47:00

2009-03-08T13:47:33Z

Some day, I want to wake up in a world where all the anthropocentrists, Objectivists, and demagogues are gone, and humanity has accepted its place in the universe: as part of it, rather than the masters of it.

kamdrimar @ 2009-02-22T21:03:00

2009-02-23T05:03:49Z

Holy crap. At first, today's Subnormality strip had me thinking "oh shit, wall of text!"

But then I bothered to read it, and it's... stunning in its portrayal of a valuable message. Please give it a look, if you haven't already.

kamdrimar @ 2009-02-17T22:26:00

2009-02-18T06:26:02Z

Woo, I finally made a movie for the YouTube!