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[MeanderingBeing]

Normally for cuts this bad, I just superglue it or cauterize it back together... but I was at work, so I couldn't exactly get away with "Hey, Seth, what are you doing with that superglue?" "Oh, don't worry, I'm just superglueing part of my thumb back on..."

[3040Krag]

Spuerglue is awesome for cuts - stops the bleeding NOW and closes the open parts/pieces.

[MeanderingBeing]

lol, that it is. On the bright side of things, the cut was just sooooooo grody. Like, I wanted to take a picture of it while the doctor was giving me stitches. Little chunks of meat were hanging out, and my lap was absolutely covered in blood... PLUS, I got to hang out with the cute little hostess who drove me to the hospital. She was pretty cool. She was ogling my wound the whole time though, going "that is so awesome." I can't count the number of times I offered to take her out or buy her a drink in my drugged up state at the hospital. But, I was turned down...

Damnit. I need to figure out this whole "getting a date thing." I can understand asking a chick out while we're at a hospital isn't exactly the best way to do things, but hey, she was cute and she was nice. Who can blame me?

[3040Krag]

Err, maybe bloody carnage wasn't exactly putting her in the mood!?!?

[MeanderingBeing]

Probably. But she could at least let me thank her by buying her something to eat or drink...

[rockingmtranch]

Don't take her out for hamburgers LOL Ask her to a nice little ice cream shop.

[MeanderingBeing]

"No such thing in this world as friends."

I'm not going to have internet for a while. Peace out folks.

[MeanderingBeing]

Hey. Stopping by to tell you folks what's going on. As of thursday, the 20th, I am out on my own fer good. I am done with roommates. Period. Got my own place. Getting my shit in order. will keep you folks updated. Peace!

[audioave10]

Good Luck...Mea.

hey guys, remember this.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvZgwtpPmLY

[Nightwatch]

Yeah, it was one of the best scenes in the film, audioave10.


And, good luck from me, too, MeanderingBeing.

[jamie1992]

Now I know not everyone likes everything I do.

But I'm pleading to all of you here, that are on this forum, please PLEASE watch this video.

Now Before you click this and watch I hope. MAKE SURE YOU WATCH EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THE 5:45. I highly doubt anyone will understand the true amount of work that would have gone into this, as noone except me on here models as far as I'm aware. This video gives me goosebumps, this is how I want my future modelling to be, and rendering and animating. I'm not sure what else to say. But please watch it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuzH4gQv-9w

[Grump642]

Wow!!That is one hell-of-a job!

[MeanderingBeing]

that video is pretty cool!

[3040Krag]

110 days on rendering alone! Wow, great video and fantastic work. Guy's a genius.

[audioave10]

Fantastic work indeed...keep at it Jamie, we know you can do it. Besides, it might get you well employed some day.

[MeanderingBeing]

The town I live in just got slammed with tornadoes. Been 4 hours without power. Will be uploading video to YouTube in the near future. Cheers!

EDIT: Ugh, I hate the propietary software they make for these fucking phones. In order to get the videos off of my phone, I have to install this program, then another, and then install a bunch of programs on my phone... And then after that, I have to go through a half hour of bullshit to make the fucking bullshit work... Then I have to find a way to block the programs from doing what all bullshit programs like this do: starting up with your computer and eating up resources 24/7 without even giving you the option of turning the damn program and the 14 services that go along with it... I swear to god, SOMEONE SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO BITCHSLAP THESE it DEVELOPERS AND PROGRAMMERS TO THE FUCKING MOON. Seriously, why can't I just read the phone's memory as if it were a disk drive!? But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, it has to be COMPLICATED...

[audioave10]

That pisses me off too.

[audioave10]

Big news...some Pirates are not bad.

[3040Krag]

WRT the phone programs, it's not the developers and programmers, it's business and product managers at the direction of executive officers. Dilbert is a successful cartoon because it really does mirror the IT world.

One group I worked with (I'm a former developer and system administrator) had project coffee cups made up. They had the project name on them, of course, but on the other side was a cartoon of the space shuttle mounted on the launch rocket upside-down. A tech is trying to delay the launch but a manager is telling him "A schedule is a schedule. Don't be coming to me now with your problems."

Too true, and the same idiots that put out crap to meet a schedule also "design" the system objectives and goals. Regardless of common sense.

Here's another one that makes me roll my eyes. In the 1990's I worked on a project for cell phones. A cell has to run flat out all the time, but people don't call all the time so there's always spare, or "free" bandwidth built into the system. The cell rates cover the cost of running at 100% but some manager wanted us to come up with a way to use the bandwidth not utilized. In short, SMS was born, AKA texting. Yup, the "free" bandwidth already paid for by each of us through our regular cell phone fees is now one of the biggest profit makers for cellular providers. At 100% profit.