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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
9:19 pm	Nugget Carol asked me to look up where you could make custom buttons. I did and then told her where to go. She did not listen and then demanded that I repeat what had just said. This we call a nugget. (Comment on this)
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
2:50 pm	Inagural Game of Shiperio From the Shiperio website: Shiperio is a golf game that is played with cards. The object of the game is the same as it is on the course... to shoot the lowest score. Cards range from an Ace up to the dreaded Snowman (an 8). Play nine holes or eighteen, it's up to you. Whether you're a scratch golfer, a hacker or have never picked up a golf club you'll love Shiperio. Just like on the course players will succeed with skill, strategy, and a little luck! The results: Inagural Game of Shiperio Hole Jeff Carol 1 +3 -2 2 -1 +3 3 0 -1 4 -1 0 5 0 +3 6 -3 -1 7 0 -1 8 0 -2 9 +2 +3 Turn 0 +2 10 +6 -1 11 -1 +2 12 -5 -1 13 +1 0 14 -2 0 15 -1 -2 16 +1 0 17 +1 +2 18 -2 -3* Final -2 -1 *Carol cheated on the last hole. I won anyway. (Comment on this)
Monday, June 8th, 2009
12:38 pm	I promise to never go friends only I find people's "I'm going friends only" posts to be interesting. Someone started reading who shouldn't be seeing this or that. Trolls in the comments. Something like that is always the reason. I should make a compilation of them. I only have like 5 LJ friends so I could get a lot of them. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 4th, 2009
12:38 pm	If I Were Evil I was thinking what it would be like to be an evil super villain the other day. What would my first act be, I thought. If I really wanted to eliminate good in the world what would I do? It's obvious that my first act would be to hatch a plot against Liz's family. I mean, come on, have you ever heard them talk about brownies? It's clear that "Good" emanates from Pittsburgh. (I am not, nor will I ever be, an evil super villain. Don't worry, Liz.) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
1:48 pm	Get Tested During one of Carol's early appointments I was waiting for her to get a blood test and grabbed a pamphlet off a revolving rack for something to mindlessly read while I waited. To my horror it was something about STDs. It said something like 25% adults (maybe it was sexually active adults) have genital warts. Holy shit, kids, if that's true then I want you all to be very careful out there. I can only add this to the list of pros in the "did I do the right thing" debate, marrying Carol edition. I debated posting this on J&C.com but my mom reads that. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
12:39 pm	Cause you had a bad day I was having a shitty day at work a couple of months ago. Frustrated, I hoped on the shuttle bus and what was playing? Daniel Powter's Bad Day. I had to laugh. The world was messing with me. A few weeks ago I was annoyed at something again. I went tot he office kitchen to make some cereal. Some milk spilled and I just thought, " fuck it, let someone else get that." I walked away and stopped. Obviously I was being a baby. Go back and clean it up. In my head I thought of this being a scene in a movie where someone would cross my path and twinge my conscience. A little old immigrant cleaning lady with a rag in her hand and sad eyes perhaps. All of the sudden I had this image of a leprechaun sitting on my shoulder saying "you don't want to leave that for the next guy, now do ya lad?" I smirked, went back and cleaned it up. Sometimes you just want to be pissed off and pout. It's good to get some perspective though. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 20th, 2009
12:57 pm	This House Is Clean We got rid of a ton of stuff in preparation for Julian. On Craigslist and Freecycle we dumped a futon, a computer desk ($30), a rug ($10), our old tube TV ($30). Here's a list of clothes and stuff that Carol and I gave to Goodwill so that we could fit my clothes into the closet. Five pairs of shorts, eight sweatpants, seven skirts, four fleeces, four pajamas, twenty-two sweaters, sixty one t-shirts, five pairs of pants, eleven hoodies, one pajama pant, one pair of wind pants, a belt, two slippers, one ball, a pair of sneakers, four jackets, a shadow box, household fixtures, a couple of leather jackets, a ton of blankets, 3 bedding sets, curtains, decorations, a couple of paintings, winter hats and gloves. We moved a bookshelf and a ton of books and DVDs down to the cellar storage. One computer is in storage and one is going into the closet. My dad's old poker table was replaced with a smaller dinner table. I cleaned up the storage nicely. It's all organized now. Sporting equipment in one place, books and other media in another, bags and seasonal clothing some place else, stuff for the summer, stuff for the winter and a little space to actually walk in. I donated about 75 books to the library and made about $60 worth on books at the Booksmith. There's probably some more stuff. It was gradual and felt good. Also: A whole bag or Carol's shoes and several bags full of paper bills from the last decade. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
2:12 pm	But the plan won't accomplish anything if it's not implemented I've never actually had a plan. That may sound odd to my friends. I had good grades in high school. Good grades weren't some conscious decision though. You were supposed to get good grades so I did it. I was the engineer in college. I chose engineering because I was good at math in high school and that's what you did if you were good at math. Plus it looked like a well paying profession. In college the engineer's curriculum was pretty much planned out. I chose exactly one elective in my first three years. It certainly looked like I had a plan. In reality I just kind of went with the flow. I chose grad school because I finished early and then applied for software jobs because that's what I was qualified for. The MathWorks hired me and I work there because it's stable, pays well, is a nice environment and challenges my brain to a certain extent. When I think about career goals though I kind of come up blank. My personal life is kind of the same way. Most of the things I've done since college wouldn't have happened without Carol - marriage, a home, a kid, other decisions along the way. I would have probably made them at some point. They have all been awesome choices. Carol influenced me along though. With my friends I usually go with the flow when it comes to decisions. Now my plan is to raise this kid to the best of my ability. Let me be clear, I know and knew I wanted a child. I know and knew that I wanted to spend my life with Carol. Looking back though I don't see any drive on my part. I will raise a glorious child, I'm sure of it. When I think about it though, it feels like a plan of necessity even though I want it and think it will be amazing. (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
5:03 pm	Zenith 27'' TV Just sold our Zenith  27'' TV that we got in college (May 2001) for something like $250. It was a birthday present from Carol's dad. That comes to about $30 a year. If you could rent a TV for $30 a year you'd do it whether or not it was a tube TV. Audio/visual, coax and s-video input. A remote with way too many buttons. The only problem it had, other than being heavy as hell (it almost killed Carol's cousin when he brought it up the stairs when we last moved), is that it always cut a little part of the top of the screen off. If I was watching a baseball or football game on Fox I could never tell the score. Many great shows were watched on you, Zenith. Many, many bad ones were as well. We'll always remember you. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
10:52 pm	Hypocrite Much? Cleaning out our storage Carol and I stumbled across this card from Moria to Carol: Hot men dig college grads. Hello dearest! You're finished with school. That's fabulous. Freedom is bliss. I'm proud of you; I know how much those last few months can blow. I hope you enjoy your gift. It should be yummy. I didn't get my new credit card in time to buy the second tiny part, but it's coming eventually. Please stay in Boston forever + ever. Amen. <3, Moria Emphasis mine in order to show hypocrisy and horrible anguish in my soul. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
8:04 pm	Bad teacher Things Caroline is not teaching our child: 1. Sportsmanship 2. Mathematics And before she comments, yes I spelled "drawer" as "droor" in an IM conversation as I was hurrying to get out of the office to go get my lunch.  Whoopity shit. Addendum: 3. Athletics. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
1:05 pm	Birthday Rummy 500 On Caroline's birthday this year we played Rummy 500 while watching TV on the couch in our living room. These are the results: Caroline vs. Jeffrey Caroline Jeffrey Notes 95 -10 caroline is happy 100 75 caroline is less happy 145 160   205 90 caroline is ecstatic 235 225 caroline is less ecstatic 370 360   350 445 UH OH 445 480   510 545 caroline declares that we are now playing Rummy 750 605 560 caroline thinks she's back in business 650 645   710 720   710 790 caroline decides we are now playing Rummy 1000 800 965 jeff is on a role <800 >1000 caroline has thrown the cards rendering it impossible to calculate the exact score and stomped into the bedroom, game over As you can see the early rounds were all over the place. Lots of negative scoring. At several points I debated throwing the game but I was just playing too well and have endured too many defeats at her hands to do that. We then played a sudden death round that Caroline said "counted". She won. I guess that means she can continue to list one of her Facebook interests as "kicking j's ass at board games". (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
4:57 pm	Best Song To... Best song to have on your iPod as a foreboding thunderstorm rolls in with dark clouds up against a yellow sky: Deftones, "Change". Best song to remind you of your crappy basement apartment and substandard roommates on Aberdeen Street: The Strokes, "Hard To Explain". (Comment on this)
Friday, June 13th, 2008
12:31 pm	Recurring dreams When I was quitting smoking I would have a dream that I was smoking at least once a week. I would wake up pissed off that I broke down and then realize that it was just a dream and feel relieved. After I got pass six months without a cigarette that dream stopped happening. Then, during the winter of 2007-2008 I started getting this dream about high school baseball. In it I was always missing my baseball game or baseball practice. Either I would be at home and realize that I was supposed to be at a game or I would be in school and realize that I didn't bring my glove and uniform for the game that night. The smoking dream is pretty easy to figure out. I had smoking on the brain. The baseball dream is a little tougher. Either I was thinking about how I haven't played baseball (even catch) in around a decade or I was just pining for the Major League season to start up again. Don't you love hearing about other people's dreams? (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
10:38 pm	Grade school stories 1st grade: I don't even remember my teacher's name. 2nd grade: I write an essay on my favorite holiday (Christmas). After listing all of my reasons in beautiful prose, I wrote something like "That's why Christmas is my favorite holiday. And don't you forget it!" Mrs. Emery, for reasons I could never figure out, yelled at me for the last sentence and made me take it out. To her credit, I won the writing contest that year. 3rd grade: Mrs. Fitch asked the class what the first words spoken on the moon were. I quickly raised my hand and answered "Where's my wallet." I really believed that was true. Obviously it was not. 4th grade: We would play chess during our free time. One time I beat Matt Kornatowski at chess by putting him in check but not saying "check". After his next move I took his king. He protested that I had to call out "check". Our teacher, Mrs. Miller (formerly Hurlbut) backed me up. She kind of yelled at Matt. I'm pretty sure the rules will back Matt up on this one. 5th grade: In Mrs. Hutton's class we won the 5th grade track meet by 2 points. I got second in the high jump behind a kid named Dan Marino from West Leyden. We also won the 4x100 relay race. I was the third leg. 6th grade: I put a pencil on Betsy Crofoot's seat as she was sitting down. It ripped a hole in her pants. Mrs. Abraham was not happy and moved me to another section of the class. I never liked her anyway. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
7:53 pm	Come on now I paused the Celtics-Cavs game last night to go in and spend some time with Carol before she went to bed. When I came back out (less than a half hour later, which is the amount Tivo can buffer without recording) I skipped ahead through a commercial. Lo and behold, it was no longer the Celts-Cavs game but some reality TV show with teenagers. Caroline, my dearest angel, had recorded "The Paper" on MTV at 10:30. Now I've put up with "America's Next Top Model", "The Hills" and all type of reality TV show. This is too much. I've been pushed pass the breaking point. This is too much. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
11:02 am	Who's been searching j&c.com? You have fans, Moria. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 5th, 2008
5:51 pm	Hard work pays off [16:09] Me: i just went downstairs to get some skittles [16:10] Me: but they only had sour skittles [16:10] Me: so i went to the other building [16:10] Me: and put in .85 [16:10] Carol: BAD! [16:10] Me: AND TWO FELL OUT! [16:10] Carol: oh gosh [16:10] Carol: too much sugar [16:10] Me: no [16:10] Me: this is not a bad thing [16:10] Me: this is an awesome thing [16:11] Me: god hath smiled upon me [16:11] Carol: you don't believ ein god [16:11] Me: i do now [16:11] Me: you made a believer out of me, lord [16:12] Carol: hahahahahahahaha [16:12] Me: i shall taste of thou rainbow [16:13] Carol: HAHAHAHAHA [16:13] Carol: oh [16:13] Carol: there is an invention i want to make [16:13] Carol: vitamin fortified hot fries [16:13] Carol: i should email them [16:13] Me: wow [16:13] Me: good one [16:14] Carol: i know right? [16:14] Me: i'd ask phillip morris for a carcinogenless cigarette but i'm pretty sure that's all they've been working on since the 90s [16:23] Carol: hahahahaha (Comment on this)
Friday, April 18th, 2008
9:46 am	Friday Pizza Friday is the only day the cafeteria at works sells pizza. On these days I like to starve myself in the mornings by not eating any breakfast (a bagel most days). By noon I have a crazed look in my eyes and an insatiable appetite for pepperoni pizza. Current Mood: hungry (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
6:31 am	Have you ever played a board game with my wife? She... ....is hyper competitive ...is a sore lose ...is a bad winner ....gets very excited (Comment on this)