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September 12th, 2007
09:16 am - Scott Adams is Comedic Genius
For those who are unaware, Scott Adams is the creator/Author of the Dilbert comics. He has a blog which he posts to on a regular basis, and some of his posts are both thought provoking and hilarious at the same time.
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/09/giant-penises-s.html
No time for FFXI anymore =x. Class on Tues/Wed, Football games on weekends, Board Gaming on Friday, only leaves Mon/Thurs for going to the gym. And any remaining free time is spent dating / meeting people / having sex, etc :3
FFXI kind of fell to the very bottom of "Things to spend my free time on"
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August 27th, 2007
07:36 pm - Amazing discovery
Cubed Chicken + Ramen Noodle Seasoning packet = delicious
Still haven't logged in to the FFXI. Too busy playing Wii and doing other RL things :3
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August 13th, 2007
08:05 pm - Weekend News!
Went home to see the family for the weekend. My Aunt has a beach house on Long Island and they throw a party every year. I had a pretty good time, but I'm still incredibly self-conscious about my appearance. Most of the people there were tanned and in great shape, and I am... neither tan nor in shape. Regardless, I got to hang out with my family, played some board games, enjoyed the weather, and got to eat lots of great food! (mmm Lobster)
Had my last class meeting tonight, so I'm done with summer classes! I get a whopping 3 weeks off before the fall classes begin. I'm going to take advantage of this break to get serious about going to the gym. All of my free time will be dedicated to eating, sleeping, and exercise. A co-worker of mine is going to help me out, he used to be a personal trainer in college (and did wrestling, etc). I think he wants to go the whole nine yards, with a log book and body measurements and everything, not like I'd complain :) I'm pretty psyched up about it to be honest.
Appearantly the Wii I ordered off of eBay was attempted to be delivered last Tuesday, but I never found the pink "attempted delivery" slip. I'm not really sure what to do about it, other than drive to the nearest post office and see if they can track it down for me. The USPS Website is pretty useless, it just says that they attempted to deliver my package but doesn't say where I can pick it up or any phone # I can call to schedule redelivery.
Hmm, I guess that's about all that's new with me. Maybe I'll log in to FFXI after I eat dinner.
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August 5th, 2007
12:27 am - Maybe I was wrong...
Well, ever since my post a few days ago I've been second guessing myself about what it is that I really want. I think I'm going through a phase in my life that most "normal" people go through in high school. I guess that makes me a bit of a late bloomer, but I want to get this thing figured out. I'm going to be revealing a lot of information about myself, much of which I am somewhat embarassed/ashamed about, however I feel that this would be a good way to get answers to the many questions I have running through my head right now.
( Read more... )
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August 1st, 2007
10:16 pm - Interesting article about IQ vs Sex
http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/04/intercourse-and-intelligence.php
Kind of a strange coincidence I stumbled upon this article while bored at work today. It seems fairly accurate to me, especially the listing of reasons why somebody of high intelligence usually also has characteristics which reduce their chances of having sex.
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July 31st, 2007
06:21 pm - 2 months of hell = back to FFXI!
Hey everyone!
So, I wrote up a really long LJ entry at work and forgot to e-mail it to myself so here's a shorter improv version. Nobody likes to read all that junk anyway :) Here's a summary of what's been going on in my life over the past 3 months or so.
( Read more... )
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/juicy/cutealiens/hungry_a.gif) hungry
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June 4th, 2007
10:40 pm - Summer Schedule = no more FFXI
*cries*
I'm so beat after Work + Class + Gym today. Hope I can keep it up. In fitness news after 3 months my weight is down to 170 (from 190) and I definitely look a lot better (no abs yet but they are close!). And that was done entirely through dieting and very non-serious exercise (DDR, pushups, and bodyweight squats, no gym at all). Hopefully the weight training will help a lot.
Off to bed at 11 PM to wake up at 6:30 *feels old*
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May 26th, 2007
12:52 am - *copies Soloo*
( The Everything Survey! )
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12:24 am - I'm not dead, but this Journal is!
RL got busy so I rarely have time to login to FFXI. no FFXI = no LiveJournal.
I moved out of my apartment and into a house with another guy my age, cutting my monthly rent in half (plus the house is way better than my apartment). Ever since I moved in we've been going out and getting drunk on a fairly regular basis (2 nights a week?). Combined with work and my other social activities, it doesn't leave many nights for FFXI. And even then I'd rather loaf around and watch TV or catch up on sleep after being out drinking to 2 AM the night before.
I also got a free pass to the Gym for a week. I went on Monday and Thursday and it feels good, so I'm considering paying for a full membership even though it's stupidly expensive ($40 a month for 2 years or something...)
Work has gotten REALLY slow because I'm done with my coding but the hardware people are way late on installing the stuff my code needs to run on. No hardware for me = no way to test my code = nothing to do. I literally left work today at 1 PM, came home, and took a 4 hour nap.
Anyway, tonight we did sea and I noticed a new message I've never seen before. Soloo was kiting so he ran out of range by the time the TP move would have gone off. At least I'm pretty sure this message is new...
Current Music: No Control - Initial D 4th Stage
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April 13th, 2007
08:00 am - Music in my head
Every so often I find a song that I really like and listen to it over and over and over again. Right now it's this song by Evanescence. Something about the harmonies...
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/juicy/cutealiens/lethargic_a.gif) groggy
Current Music: Evanescence - My Last Breath
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April 12th, 2007
07:43 pm - Those silly Google Employees...
Maybe this is old news to some people but I got an e-mail that suggested asking Google maps for directions from NY to France...
Silly google people :)
In other news, RL = busy busy, so not much time for FFXI. I'll probably only be online on Monday and Thursday nights, and maybe on the weekend when I don't have other plans. I have a feeling the end of my FFXI Subscription is nearing, but we'll see. In the summer I'll be taking 2 classes, which means 3 nights a week of class + homework on weekends. The summer classes go from 4:30 - 7:30 instead of my current 7-10, so maybe it'll work out better since I can login to FFXI after class.
I'm also moving out of my apartment and into a house next month! Gonna be saving like $600 a month in rent, and I get to live with people again! There is a nice part about having my own place, but I think I just prefer to live with other people. I don't think I'll be seeing my roommates all that often anyway, since we have different schedules and we all go out a lot.
Hope everyone is enjoying the weather. We had our first real April shower today, it was bright and sunny + rain/mist with lots of rainbows :3
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March 31st, 2007
09:31 pm - How I Spent my Saturday
I went to DC!
Spent the morning/early afternoon at the Zoo.
Then went to see the Cherry Blossoms. It was PACKED but very pretty. I think this picture captures the overall mood (That's the Jefferson Memorial back there):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Faranim/Random/2007-03/JeffersonMemorialCherryBlossomFesti.jpg
( More Blossom Pictures )
I also have pictures of all the aminals from the zoo.
( Aminal Pictures! )
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March 26th, 2007
08:05 pm - Potato Pancakes! (Cooking +0.1)
FFXI is boring so I doubt I'll be posting much about it in this journal anymore. I tried to exp PUP last night but it failed horribly (1 NIN online, 1 RDM online, better than normal). Ended up being NIN WAR DRG PUP MNK RDM on Colibri at 63-64 but the WAR pulled a Treant and wiped the PT and then people disbanded. lolPUP.
At least I figured out how to beat the ENM60 (lost 2x, then won but no drops). 2000 exp every Sunday, I don't think I can lose using the full ValorEdge + Hi-Pots, even if he summons 4x Valoredge, I can survive and he'll usually be pretty close to dead by then.
Anyway, on to food!
So I looked in the fridge and saw a bag of potatoes that has been there for like 2 weeks. I thought what I could make and had a sudden craving for hash browns. So I googled some recipes for potato pancakes and invented my own :)
Ingredients:
1.5 lb Potatoes, shredded (skin and all, no need to peel them)
1 Large Onion, shredded
1 Tbsp Milk (I used wayyy too much)
1 Egg
2-4 Tbsp Flour
1 Tbsp Baking Powder
Salt and Pepper
Parsley
Any other seasonings you want to add
Steps:
1. Shred potatoes and onions, mix together by hand and sit in strainer in sink
2. Combine dry ingredients (flour, salt, pepper, parsley, spices)
3. Pour milk + egg over potatoes + onions
4. Add dry ingredients to potato mixture and mix
5. Heat Oil in frying pan over medium heat
6. Add potatoes to oil roughly 1Tbsp drops, and flatten with back end of spoon
7. Flip when brown on bottom
Not the healthiest thing in the world, but very yummy! I only ate 4 of them since I don't want to go crazy, need to find something else to eat them with as a real meal. Or maybe I'll just eat them in the morning for my carbs. Next time I'll use sweet potatoes!
pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Faranim/Random/Cooking/2007-03/PotatoPancake1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Faranim/Random/Cooking/2007-03/PotatoPancake2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Faranim/Random/Cooking/2007-03/PotatoPancake3.jpg
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/juicy/cutealiens/happy_a.gif) pleased
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March 25th, 2007
08:22 pm - very good fitness article
I've been doing several hours of research every night about diet and nutrition. I've learned an awful lot about everything. Now I just have to put a plan into action!
I stumbled upon this link which I think is very good. It's aimed at bodybuilders but the information can apply to anybody looking to get in shape.
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1268956
Short Version:
1. Diet and lose fat until your body fat % is around 10% (you should see abs or at least have a very flat stomach). Do strength training to prevent muscle loss during diet.
2. Once you get to 10%bf, eat and exercise properly to build muscle without getting any fatter. If you do it properly, you will always look good, be in shape, and get stronger continuously. And you'll never have to diet again :)
I've already lost 10 lbs in the past 2 months just by changing my diet. I think I'll just keep doing this for a while and see where it takes me...
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March 21st, 2007
05:46 pm - Cooking +0.1
Even though I made food yesterday, there was fish in the fridge that might go bad. So I baked it up with lemon! I think I'll make some couscous and a bag of frozen broccoli later and make some more meals!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Faranim/Random/Cooking/2007-03/2007_03_21_Fish.jpg
Also, I'm going to try to "taper" my carbs better. Lots of carbs in morning/afternoon but fewer for dinner. This should help give me energy for the whole day but won't result in extra carbs by the time I go to sleep. I think a lot of the fat I gained in college came from those late-night ramen immediately before going to sleep. Carbs are so good, yet also evil :(
Oh, and sorry for all the non-FFXI stuff. My RL has taken priority and I really don't have much time to even login at all. I should be on this Thursday, and then randomly over the weekend. I expect things to settle down a lot more after next week, I just went kinda crazy this week finally doing all those things I've been putting off forever (getting more contacts, going to dentist, looking at houses, studying for midterms, etc)
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/juicy/cutealiens/energetic_a.gif) bouncy
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March 20th, 2007
10:08 pm - Cooking Skill +1
I think I'm going to post pictures of all the meals I cook from now on. This one turned out delicious. It made 6 servings total, so I have lunches and dinners for the rest of the week!
Chicken Breast with black pepper, fried in pan with olive oil
Green Bean Casserole (Green Beans, Cream of Chicken soup, Fried Onions)
Whole Wheat Spaghetti
I'm also putting myself on a serious exercise schedule: Wake up before 7 AM every day and play at least 30 minutes of DDR! Also, weight lifting at least 2x a week once I buy some weights and a bench.
Time to get in shape for summer >_>
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/juicy/cutealiens/working_a.gif) accomplished
Current Music: West End Guy - Digital Planet - Initial D
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March 19th, 2007
11:05 pm - Fara needs a cheaper place to live :(
I've been very busy these past weeks looking at online "roommate wanted" ads trying to find a new place to live. Here's my situation:
Now: One bedroom apartment, just me. Rent + Utilities = $1200 / month.
Option #1: House in SW Baltimore, me + 2 other guys in their 20s. Rent = $500/mo + Split Utilities (guessing $600/mo max)
Pros: Location is good, other guys are very nice, cheap!, it's a house so tons of space, I-95 is literally 1 minute drive from the front door
Cons: In the city = very narrow street, crime rate and surrounding area is questionable
Option #2: House in Suburbs W of Baltimore, me + 2 20-something grad students. Rent = $600/mo + Split Utilities (guessing $700/mo max)
Pros: Location is okay, other guys seem nice, tons of space
Cons: It's walking distance to train station so parking is a nightmare since people park on the streets and walk to train station. Also it's more expensive than Option #1
I've pretty much ruled out all the other places I looked at (like, 7 of them) due to either being too small, too expensive, or people I didn't think I'd be able to live with.
One part of me says to just stay where I am (having my own place is nice), but saving upwards of $6000 / yr in rent is really hard to pass up. Anyone have some last-minute advice when looking to move in with random people to save money? I figure that I'll keep renting for another couple years, save my money, and then buy my own house/condo.
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March 11th, 2007
05:23 pm - Easter is approaching
Faranim's Arch Nemesis appears:
I CANNOT RESIST.
/tries to lose weight anyway
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March 9th, 2007
02:01 am - Win Assault Drops
Nyzul Isle x4 = rich
On the last run we started on 11th floor but got 3x "clear all mobs" in a row. Takes too long. Need to get more "kill monster leader" to beat 5 floors in time...
Long time since I updated, been busy in RL. I've been looking at houses and other places to live, trying to move in with strangers and save money on rent. And work is very busy since deadlines are coming up and we need to start throwing stuff together.
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February 21st, 2007
11:28 pm - Attention
Heroes is awesome. That is all.
/watches 4 more episodes, sleep is for the weak
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