bagel redux

POOF

2008-08-29T09:03:08Z

moving to wordpress. please update your rss feeds accordingly. www.anyonebagel.com/bagelog

honestly, i don't know

2008-08-29T02:03:08Z

//k wrote me and email asking about commenting on this thing and why the sign in thing disappeared. is this preventing people from commenting? all i was trying to do was figure out how the captcha thing for movable type works (to no avail) and i have no idea what settings do what. i will try and resurrect it.

incidentally, i am so brain-fried from work today that i seriously spelled 'tried' 'chride' and had to look at it before i understood that something was very, very wrong.

fuck you, apple store pasadena

2008-08-27T19:06:40Z

i already think it's kind of ridiculous that i need to verify with a *genius* that the right arrow key on my brand new keyboard doesn't work about 25% of the time. isn't there some lower level technician, someone who is just a *really, really smart person* that can tell that the right arrow key doesn't work.

but don't i need an appointment? i ask.

no! you tell me. i can just waltz right in since the keyboard is still within 14 days old!

but apparently i *do* need an appointment. and as i discovered after having done my waltzing-in-with-keyboard, apparently appointments are to be had no less than two days prior.

i'm not so mad at the policy as i am at the misinformation! get your goddamned information right you idiots.

rhythmic gymnastics

2008-08-24T20:31:27Z

am i the only person that thinks rhythmic gymnastics is awesome? dvg just oh-godded me.

i think this is part of some gay fascination with the ability to throw and catch things.

darn you movable type

2008-08-23T01:15:03Z

well, mother fucker, i can't figure out what's been going on with the comments function on here. i've been trying to get captcha working, which i think was working for like, a couple weeks, and can't seem to get it going. fuck you movable type. sorry if my rss republished and sent a bunch of duplicate entries.

light posting

2008-08-22T22:30:35Z

light posting means that every time i think about putting something in here, it is one of the many things about which you are not supposed to blog. all apologies, and i'm sure that if i see you in real life i've thrown some non-bloggable sputum your way. apologies for that as well. i am going to try and move into more benign but still interesting mind clutter for now.

pokin atcha, pokin atcha

2008-08-14T01:21:45Z

anyone remember that paula poundstone joke about the snickers commercial? anyway...

continuing in my recent bout of hypochondria, (some would say lifetime bout) i've got a poking sensation behind my pants waistband. i can't decide whether it's a tumor, a hernia, or a new ab.

woe is eye

2008-08-05T17:15:16Z

in other eye news, i have a stye. styes make me feel like such a filthy person, i can't stand it.

dire need

2008-08-04T20:52:24Z

i'm in dire need of new glasses. i've had these frames for almost three years now and my gigantic melon head has stretched the frames out to the point that they just slide down the bridge of my nose. i feel like that dang lady from my cousin vinny who thinks she doesn't need new glasses but can't hardly see.

i've resorted to sticking folded up pieces of paper between the hinges to prevent them from extending all the way, thus tightening their fit on my face. the difference, i can already tell you, is amazing.

done doing, now thinking

2008-07-10T23:59:06Z

i made like, 80 PNGs today. oh how i wish i had a junior designer to do such things. even when i had one, i didn't subject her to such treachery and potential repetitive stress disorder. or maybe i did and i just don't remember.

anyway, if i had one now, i would totally be cracking the whip, WHOP-CHING! anyone know anyone looking?

don't think, just do

2008-07-10T17:27:50Z

i've got a post it note on my monitor instructing me to "don't think, just do" right now. due to my frustration, i've been having a hard time keeping up momentum on this particular project, but seeing as how we're so far into the process and i've already aired my grievances (to no avail) i figure i've got nothing left to do but plow through it and not let my personal feelings affect me.

now, where's that goddamned light a the end of the tunnel...

Comic Sans

2008-07-09T19:50:41Z

...and its "sibling-rival" serious sans. i thought the most interesting bit was that the creators of serious sans found that comic sans's "doggedly goofy font's irregular forms made it one of the easiest typefaces for dyslexics to read." weird.

[via kottke]

indie 103.1

2008-07-08T17:28:21Z

is it just me, or does the itunes radio stream for indie 103.1 play the same station promo over and over and over again? i'm letting it kinda coast in the background of my day, but i keep hearing the same snippet that's all "music is my boyfriend! music is my girlfriend!" i'm not entirely conviced that they are playing any music whatsoever.

a car update

2008-07-07T19:49:40Z

so in the end, i had a broken bearing in my transmission. grand total to replace, $2,242. i had actuallly mentally prepared myself to pay upwards of $4,000 to replace the whole transmission, so this is actually a bit of a relief.

outburst

2008-06-27T23:30:21Z

my frustration today is leading to Tourette's quality outbursts. i've made so many buttons in flash today that out of sheer pent up energy i went "DURRRRrrrr" at my monitor and unconsciously started shaking my hand as though i was holding a tambourine. god help me.

car blar

2008-06-27T17:41:45Z

my car has been making a clicking/rattling noise when i throttle in gear, most noticably in third and fourth.

a trip to the dealer revealed two things: 1) the rattling is coming from my clutch/transmission assembly, and 2) replacing the clutch transmission assembly is very, very expensive.

oh, and a third thing: 3) my powertrain warranty, which would have made the repairs very, very cheap, expired two months ago.

the guy at the dealership basically told me i should do nothing about it and keep driving until the rattling either A) becomes so loud i can no longer hear myself think, or B) destroys something else in the transmission and makes my car stop moving. he suspects that a piece of metal may have broken off in there and the sound is it rattling around inside. not a very comforting thought.

if i have to spend the money to get a whole new transmission/clutch assembly, i'm leaning towards just getting a new car. i think that the cost of the repairs is only 3,000 dollars less than the value of my car. in the meantime, you know, before my car chokes on a piece of metal and explodes, i'm thinking of getting a second opinion.

anybody have a toyota transmission specialist in LA?