Electric Monkey Pants

I will be 10,000 days old very soon. I’ve been aware that this was coming for some time. I calculated that everybody hits 10,000 days when they’re 27.38 years old. It’s not easy to figure out what day that is by hand, though. It’s a good thing that I found the Julian Day Number Calculator. Just fill out your birthday on the top row and then enter 10,000 for the number of days, as you can see on mine below:

So, it looks like on June 11th I’ll be 10,000 days old. That’s freakin’ scary, man. Did I make every one of those days count? I sure hope so; there’s no guarantee I’ll hit 20,000. By the way, if you’re 54 years old, your 20,000 day is coming up soon. If you’re 68 years old, you can look forward to your 25,000 day at 68.45 years old. My grandma recently turned 91. She just passed by her 33,000 day when she was 90.35 years old. Not bad, Grandma.

News is happening, but it’s hard to comment right now since it’s still in so much flux. I will have an update for you soon. Right now I’m trying to get a new (used) car since my old one bit the dust. More on that and other matters later.

Holy shit! I finally did it! I spent over 6 hours getting this weblog up to speed. I did a major redesign and I’m adding RSS, anchor links and a bunch of other stuff. I hope you like it.

Holy shit! I’m updating my weblog! Will wonders never cease?

Yeah, it’s been a while. But I don’t have much to say – I’m just messing around with some new ideas, technologically speaking. I’m getting this puppy up as a subdomain, so that you can access it from weblog.timoregan.com

I hope that makes you as randy as it makes me. I’m working with some other ideas, and trying to get some free DNS action going so I can run my own webserver. That would be cool – I probably wouldn’t run this site on my ‘pute, but I might start some new ones. I want to get shit going. I’m tired of fucking around.

Yes, it been awhile. I have a good excuse – life has been hectic and weird. But good, too. I got a new job!! Yeah baby!! I’ve been trying to do that for quite awhile, of course. It only took me like 4 or 5 months. I quit my old job at BI, where I’d been working in a call center, doing customer service stuff. Last Friday was my last day. It wasn’t what I wanted in a job, but it got me through a seriously tough spot, financially. Now I’ve got a week off until the new job starts. In the meantime I’ve been doing some website maintenance. Well, actually, I’ve been redesigning my professional page, and now I’m going to start moving everything around. I hope you’ll still be able to find everything. If you notice any broken links, please email me. Thanks.

Hey everybody, I’m still alive. Yeah, I’ve been a bad boy and I’ve been letting my ‘blog lay fallow while I deal with some serious shit. Ironically, I have more time to post when my life is boring and you’re probably not interested in that stuff. Now that I’m extremely busy, I don’t have the will or the time to explain everything. Suffice it to say that I feel like I’m caught in a vice and some guy wearin’ a GW mask is tightening the crank.

Good news: I’ll be moving out soon.

Bad news: I still don’t have a full time job.

I plan to get by by doing freelance on the side until I can lang a full time gig. I think money will be tight for the foreseeable future, but I’ve got a lotta irons in the proverbial fire, so hopefully something will come through. I haven’t been doing too much unnecessary spending, so I have some cash saved up from my part time job. I’ve had a lot of interviews lately and I think things are looking up, but I still have to vacate my present abode ASAP. I’m looking for something in Minneapolis or St. Paul so it is centrally located. I’m kinda hoping for something in the southern half of the metro area, but I ain’t too picky. If you know of a good apartment in the area please let me know.

Oh, and I finally chopped up this page a bit and put the older stuff in the archive. Have fun, and be sure to visit my band’s page to download some new music.

I don’t even wanna talk about it. Oh whatever, I know, I know. I’ve got a blog…and this is an entry. But I just wanted to say that I’m not going to tell you what’s on my mind. So there.

I suppose you think I should bare my soul here on the internet in front of everyone. Well screw you! That’s crazy! Give me some privacy, you bastards! I can’t take all this pressure! You’re smothering me; leave me alone!! Aaaaaaiiiiiigh!!!

Just to let you all know, yes I am still alive. I’m sure some of you were concerned. Oh feel the love!

Anyway, not too much to report, or not much that I feel like explaining. Just the usual woes, and the same old false hopes. Hey, whatever gets you through, right? I guess I’ll do the same song of the moment thing again. This time it’s Still Frame by Trapt.

Another cool song, although it’s not relevant, is Hackensack by Fountains of Wayne. It’s one of the prettiest songs I’ve ever heard. Reminds me..of… … 🙂 Good times. Sad times.

Well, not much I can say right now. I’m cat-sitting. Not at the moment, but over the next few days. It’s a duty I take seriously, and shit, cats are fun. Cats can be devious little bastards, though. Anyway, much love, gotta run.

Not much to say, just checkin’ in. I’ve got a funny clip I should be posting soon. I think we’ll finally have something in the Other section. Whoa.

How are things with you? I hope everything is cool. Seems to be cool here. Word.

Okay, it’s late, and I’m tired. I just wanted to say that the new Incubus albrum rocks.

Sorry for the long time between entries. I got a lot of shit off my chest last time, though. I have been sick lately, which pretty much sucks when you’re trying to make some coin. I’m sick today (sore throat) but I’m still going to work. Yeah, I gotta talk on the phone all day so this might be counterproductive, but what the hell. If I don’t work, I don’t get paid. I ain’t got no health insurance, or vacation days; none of that shit. I’m a temp man. I’m the lowest muthafuckin’ totem on the pole. Well, except maybe the illegal immigrants, but shit, my social security number ain’t done shit for me lately.

Well, I don’t just want to bitch the whole time. But I will crow about how the site looks. Everything should be thoroughly fixed now. If there are any other browser display issues, please email me. But I’ve tested it on a few different machines and it looks fine. It’s about time. I still recommend using a Mozilla browser instead of IE. Firebird is now called Firefox, for those of you who are confused. Check it out!

Hello, all. I’m just doing some website maintanence. This will hopefully result in a better, (i.e. “less crappy”) viewing experience for you. I’m still working on the IE for Windows browser problems; hopefully this will take care of it. And if it doesn’t then, I don’t know what the hell to do.

In the past week or so there’s been a lot going on. I was involved in a medium-sized car accident the day after my last entry. I was on my way to work (in my sister’s car) when some lady in front of me started fishtailing on a narrow entrance ramp. She hit the cement and there was so much ice that all my braking made nary a difference, so I plowed into her. Minor damage to her car, but my sister’s car is totalled (at least it will be when the insurance company gives the okay). She’s buying a new $8,000 car. That old car kinda sucked anyway, but I didn’t want to be the one to ruin it. Dammit, my car needed smashing, not hers! Instead, I had to pay $225 a few days later to keep mine running. Granted, that doesn’t seem like a lot, but when you consider that it’s probably 50% of the car’s blue book value it starts to seem pretty crappy. At this rate the car’s main source of value will be the gas in its tank. The heater doesn’t work, but at least the CD player does. I’ve got priorities, man. Oh, and I just paid over $300 for 6 months of insurance, which, if you’re not from MN, is required by law, much to my chagrin. I really hate insurance to begin with, but forcing people to buy something really pisses me off. “Oh,” they say, “you don’t have to drive.” Oh sure, I’ll just partake in our wonderful public transportation system then. If you need me, I’ll be waiting in a basement for the next 10 to 20 years for the first subway train to show up.

Hey ya! Not much goin’ on. I just thought I’d write so you wouldn’t think I was dead. I’ve been feeling quite “expressed” lately. I think it was good to get that rant about salsa off my chest. Okay, it’s not really that, but I’ve been keeping busy despite only working part time. I can actually see my desk again! Apparently it’s made out of wood. Who knew?

Speaking of work, I’m busy applying for a lot jobs. I hope something will come up soon. I’m getting quite sick in working in the ol’ call center. I think it’s improved my phone skills a lot, though. I could probably cold-call the pope and convince him to send me money. There are adverse affects, however; I catch myself about to launch into my standard greeting when I answer the phone at home now. God, it’s taking over my brain!!

Other than that I’m just working on various music-related things. I’m still sorting through all the MP3s I got at the last LANparty in November. Yeah, I got a lot. I’ve also got a shitload of new CDs (burns, mostly) to listen to, and rip the good tracks from. Besides that I’ve been doing some recording; getting some acoustic demos down for my mates to listen to. Just blurbs, mostly. It’s all good in the hood. Oh, and it’s my birthday in two days. I’m expecting virtually no presents. Ah well, the only things I want are rent money and car-repair money (which I will soon need as the frigid cold is killing my car at an alarming rate). Not very gift-y. Well, I will try to write more often. I can’t believe I feel responsibility to keep up a blog that nobody reads. Maybe I need to chill out.