nocal's journal: 1st entry = meep

So as my first entry I thought I would be a meepatron and ask: when/how did everyone find linkswarm? I found it probably a year ago, when I was visiting entensity.net and clicked one of his referral links. Due to college boredom and broadband that comes with tuition, I checked out the site pretty regularly; but I didn't get an account right away...no, instead I waited fuking forever. But now I'm here to ask silly questions, so answer away Niglets!

by nocal 2004-08-27 17:12:00 | 1212 reads | 54 comments

nocal's journal: Necrophilia Fun Corner!

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Having meep with corpses is now officially illegal in California after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill barring necrophilia, a spokeswoman says.

by nocal 2004-09-11 17:22:00 | 668 reads | 9 comments

nocal's journal: FUKIN CLICHES

Cliches. They're all over the internet. They're generally something that started as funny, but became un-funny due to over-use. Real-life example: anything from Chappelle's Show. I'm surprised when I see them here, because people here are almost always funny and call people meepwitch instead of meep0t. But if you have ever seen Fark, Slashdot, Fazed, or any other site where one can post, you've seen probably seen them all, ad nauseum. Retarded meeping cliches I would like to never see again:

by nocal 2004-09-25 16:56:00 | 580 reads | 13 comments

nocal's journal: Proud to be an American!

Being as it's now right around election time, I am seeing more inane and meeping stupid buper stickers. As if a bumper sticker has ever convinced another person to change his/her mind about something. In any case, possibly the most annoying one I've seen yet is "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN" usually with a nice little waving flag next to it. Wow! That person is so proud, they had to put a sticker on their car! But wait...when you actually think about that slogan, it doesn't even make sense. Weren't you born here? So you're proud of something that required no effort or achievement of your own? Really, it's like saying, "PROUD TO HAVE BEEN BORN WITH FEET." I mean, sure, some people without feet might see it and think you're some kind of cool person, but people with feet might think that you're a meepbag.

by nocal 2004-10-14 13:12:00 | 537 reads | 14 comments

nocal's journal: An ACTUAL funny joke!

There was a man that was going to finally go on a trip, since he hadn't been on vacation in years. He planned and planned, and finally decided to stay a week in Hawaii. So he starts asking around the office if anyone had suggestions on where to stay on the island. His co-worker said, "Oh yeah, I've been to Hawaii, you can pretty much stay anywhere, it's all pretty great...but one piece of advice: DO NOT stay at the Roman Hotel." The man thinks nothing of this, and he goes home. He calls to book his rental car, and he asks the person on the phone if they have suggestions on where to stay. The man on the phone says, "Oh yes certainly, we would suggest the Marriott, as well as the Hilton...although we always advise our customers not to stay at the Roman Hotel." Now this is the second time the man has heard not to stay at one hotel, so he thinks it's a bit odd. But he doesn't ask questions, he just books his mid-size sedan. He gets to the ticket counter at the airport on his first day of vacation. He's so happy, and he's flying first class, and everything is going great. He asks the lady behind the counter if she had any reccommendations on a hotel. She says, "Of course! I end up staying at the Mauna Lani every time I go...oh, but whatever you do, DON'T go to the Roman Hotel!" The man is starting to get very suspicious at this point, but he just thanks her and boards the flight. He arrives in Hawaii and goes to the rental car place. They tell him they don't have any more midsize sedans, so he has to get a crappy old Jeep. So he's pissed off, but he knows that he needs to find someplace to stay, because he still hasn't gotten reservations. Well he goes to the first hotel he sees; it's huge and looks really beautiful. He looks at the rooms, they're all huge, it's right on the water. But it's way too expensive. Next he sees a smaller, cheaper-looking hotel. But this one has bugs everywhere and small rooms with stained sheets. So he drives for hours, and every hotel has some huge problem. He drives by the Roman Hotel, and it looks beautiful...but he was warned about it, so he looks around for a few more hours. He is getting desperate, and he ends up driving by the Roman Hotel...and he stops. He goes in and...it's amazing. Great rooms, right on the beach, food, service, and it's all reasonably priced. He thinks to himself, "Why did everyone tell me not to go here? It's so great!" So the first few days, he's loving every minute. He's lying in the sun, snorkeling, sleeping in, and having a great time. Suddenly one day he notices his watch says that it's the 18th. He is supposed to leave on the 18th. His flight leaves in 10 minutes. He's going to miss his flight, and he doesn't know what to do. He freaks out and runs into the hotel. He throws all his meep into a bag, and he runs out to the Jeep in his swim trunks. But the Jeep won't start. "meep" and with that, he runs down the street towards the airport. Just as he finally makes it to the airport, out of breath, dying of exhaustion, he sees his plane rise off the runway into the air. "meep" and with that he sees that there is a canoe rental shop right across the street. He runs over, and he rents a canoe. He throws his meep into the canoe, and he starts paddling like meep all. He paddles until his arms stop working. He's in the middle of the ocean, freaking out about his life and situation, when he glances at the horizon. The sun is just setting over the water, and it is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen in his life. It makes him feel things that he has never felt, he wants to give up his corporate meep life and live with nature. He has never seen such beauty, and he stands in the canoe, just him and the sunset. The canoe tips and he falls in the water and a shark eats him. The moral of the story: don't stand up in canoes!

by nocal 2004-10-17 02:30:00 | 528 reads | 6 comments

nocal's journal: 2008 Election Prediction

Now in 2004, we have a similar situation as in 2000. The Democrats scrambled to find a candidate who would be good enough, and settled on a boring, liberal, intellectual who was probably very well suited for the most serious individual government position in the US. Instead, bummeep middle America picked the guy they could "relate" to: a Yale-attending, silver-spoon, Connecticut-born rich kid who knew how to act like the common Texan. 2004: we have ANYONE BUT BUSH running against Bush, and it all sounds too familiar. The Democrats probably are going to feel desperate at this point, and with a couple of supreme court appointments and a nice little majority in the House, we could have four years of liberal misery. In 2008, the Democrats will be completely desperate to find SOMEONE who can stir up some meep, who can polarize people like Bush can. Ever seen someone driving a Pontiac Aztek? You see how ugly and stupid it is? Well it's part of some new genius marketing. It has a very loyal and strangely dedicated fan base that grew out of polarization, and I feel that this is what Bush has done. He pissed off something like 47-48% of America, and got his incredibly loyal fanbase of idiots who would drive Pontiac Azteks or PT Cruisers. I am willing to bet that Barack Obama, the newly elected Illinois Senator and highlight of the DNC, can be the man to polarize America in 2008. He is a great speaker, with what seem to be the right ideas and ideals, and best of all: he is a man of color. That will meep off way more people than you might at first realize, even if it's below the surface. BUT he's the revolutionary type of candidate that the Democrats would need to change their quickly waning energy.

by nocal 2004-11-03 16:16:00 | 1376 reads | 49 comments

nocal's journal: College

I realized something last night, and it kept me awake for a while. When I first came to college, it was because I wanted to pursue a career that I would love. I didn't want to just jump into the workforce, because nothing interested me except psychology. I wanted to get a job in my field; I wanted to make a difference and love my job. I thought every last business school student (popular here) was basically a high-paid meep. "I will dislike my job forever, but I'm getting paid assloads of money that I never have time to enjoy!" That's what I imagined them thinking. But after three years here, I really just have a lot of debt (>$80,000 by graduation). I don't know if I want more debt. My choices are:

by nocal 2005-04-09 07:17:00 | 726 reads | 20 comments

nocal's journal: Religious Preferences

I go to a Catholic University. Today I get an email entitled:

by nocal 2005-09-09 15:22:00 | 638 reads | 16 comments

nocal's journal: Music Appreciation Post

I was meeping in the Tool thread and I thought I should share some music that I like. I included various genres and stuff, so if there's any kind of a response I can add a lot more. Download them all -- it's free and you might like one or more of the songs.

by nocal 2005-09-15 01:23:00 | 780 reads | 19 comments

nocal's journal: Busted

So when I was a freshman and new to the filesharing game, I turned off my firewall for a little while. I was having some problems with my computer, and thought that it could be some software incompatabilities. Well the University sent me an email basically telling me to stop filesharing. So, firewall back on. No problems after that.

by nocal 2005-10-28 14:17:00 | 734 reads | 16 comments