This fortune cookie rocks
March 27, 2008
March 11, 2008
A haiku style posting
WTF
My mother is on
facebook and we are friends now.
I think its wierd.
December 27, 2007
Third world living udates
Aside from testing the limits of my douchiness, I have also been doing other stuff and felt this would be an appropriate time to update my loyal fan-base!
I spent a week in San Miguel de Allende and loved it there; but a week was about as much as I could handle. Its really pretty and peaceful, but a little too peaceful for my taste.
I was set up with a nice very young girl by my family and felt like a dirty old man the entire time, she was 22, and I am 27.
I had my tarot read and found out 2008 would be a good year for me. I also found out that my aura was in bad shape and needed a cleansing. I have been given some magical potions and soaps to clean up my aura. My primary concern now is what happens if I realize I like it dirty? Where is the karmic mud to go play in?
Ive had to watch first hand the drama of having maids steal jewelry out of someone's house. I still think live in maids rock though and that an investment in a safe is always appropriate anywhere.
I have eaten lots of street tacos and fresh fruit from the street (gasp!!!) and did not die. I also brush my teeth with tap water. I really am living on the wild side!
Otherwise Ive been working and hanging out and going to random ruins and tourist places and it has been a good time.
I am going to the beach on Friday for new years which I am really looking forward too.
I hope everyone has a great new years and had a good christmas and an even better next year.
Evil I
December 21, 2007
Self doubt
Does blogging from a blackberry on public transportation in Guanajuato make me a douche?
November 27, 2007
Third world living
I got to Mexico city last Saturday and have gotten the pleasure of experiencing the backwards third world for a few days and thought I would share my experiences.
First of all, the city is filthy, dirty and disgusting. Please see the picture below for an example. (The square thing is a mall)
Secondly, the government services are ridiculously slow. It took me 3 documents, 30 dollars (not bribe money), and 3 hrs to get a voter registration card (which is the national id card needed for any transaction ever), a drivers license, and another card I apparently need which I still cannot figure out what its for.
Thirdly, the service on my blackberry took nearly 5 minutes before it was seamlessly syncing with my company at home so I can continue to receive paychecks.
I know I just got here, but I think I am ready to go home. The live in maids and natural food are making me crazy. Please feel really really bad for me.
Peace
-Evil I
November 4, 2007
Updates and stuff
I have two random bits of info to share with the particlefam
1 - Particleman has probably been too drunk to write but he passed his silly lawyer test that he was so worried about. Make sure you congratulate him so he feels special or something.
2 - I just bought a plane ticket to go to Mexico for 6 weeks where I will be working remotely from grandma's house. Its not quite the crazy running away to Africa dream, but it's a start.
Evil I
October 11, 2007
The answers
The last few months I have lost lots of sleep trying to find the answers, but I still haven't figured out what the questions are.
It's frustrating and I am tired and I felt like venting to my particlefamily (or molecule? ).
September 16, 2007
Acting my age
For my last five birthdays I have thrown five large Halloween parties that were modeled after a fraternity party I went to years and years ago. They generally included costumes, beer, liquor, and every person I knew that I could get to come out. They also included silly things like my penis costume, my Jesus costume, my French maid costume, and the bottle of absinthe I got two years ago. For pictures feel free to look at www.isdaco.com.
This year Ive decided that I am getting too old to be throwing frat parties. The benefit of the party is completely overshadowed by the effort, stress, and cleanup involved. I still want to celebrate, but I need something different for this year. Any ideas anyone?
September 5, 2007
Darwinism
I picked up my car from the insurance company today (the one whose wheel had flown off in a prior post) only to be disappointed.
1. The wheel that flew off was nowhere to be found, and the spare was still on the car (i.e. no spare wheel). I had to drive halfway across town to get these because I did not want to leave the car and come back tomorrow again.
2. There were 2 lug bolts (the things that hold wheels onto the car) missing.
3. There was a plastic cover that goes on the bumper to cover the towing hook missing.
4. There were 2 new grease stains inside my car.
I am thoroughly pissed off with this situation. I called the insurance company to complain and as soon as they suggested another shop I suggested I would take care of it myself and fax them bills for the parts. They seemed ok with it so I am a little appeased. They are also going to send me a mobile detailer to clean up the inside of my car.
Why can't Darwinism be a more efficient killer and just get rid of the dead weight?
August 22, 2007
Be your own air conditioner tech
I have installed an air conditioner on a car before and have charged many car air conditioners for people legally after a 5 minute "training" from the sales guy at autozone. I figured home units could not be much harder so I was not deterred by the "safety concerns." I have researched what is involved in doing it at home and would like to share my findings.
#1: Freon is probably less dangerous than half the cleaning chemicals in your house. The biggest danger is that you may forget to breathe oxygen if you are in an enclosed space or that it is a compressed gas and it could blow up in your face (maybe, i suppose its possible, but it would be a special event). Either way I ain't skeerd.
#2: EPA regulations do not actually force you to repair slow leaks on small home units (as long as they really are slow leaks on small units)
#3: With approximately 100 dollars in equipment, you can probably service and install your own AC units. At 75 dollars minimum per service call, this seems like a decent investment.
And now (drum roll please) for the best secret of them all
#4: In order to service the units, you do need an EPA cert. If you are interested in getting one to call your own, it costs 25 dollars. It is a 50 question open book multiple choice test that you can do online. You have 3 hours and unlimited chances to take it. I took a sample test for fun with no preparation or even a printout of the book and scored 29/50. The score I need to pass is 42/50. A sample question was "You dehydrate the system to A)Remove oil B)Remove water D)remove freon"
Just thought I would share.
August 19, 2007
My new tricycle
Yesterday morning I was driving around in my snazzy V8 BMW when all of a sudden I got a call with an offer. My father who has a similar car was selling his and asked me if I wanted to take the wheels from his car to put on mine. This was a great offer because his wheels look way better than mine.
I go to the tire place and tell the guy to switch the wheels on the car and he does so and I pay. As I am leaving my dad makes a joke like "I hope you tightened all the lug nuts." I drive off in my snazzy car make it barely a quarter mile and my car starts to shake in a bad way. I turned on my hazard lights and started to slow down when my rear driver's side wheel went air born. It flew down my lane, then across the street of oncoming traffic, bounced higher than I could have ever imagined, and landed on the roof of an SUV. Then it rolled off and knocked the mirror off another car. Now my poor baby is out of commission, and if the tire place refuses to pay or is uninsured or something, all of this will end up on me and my rates will go up. Furthermore, it wasted my Saturday afternoon, and this is the type of thing that is only really funny when it happens to someone else or it's way after the fact. In my case it happened to me and I am still pissed off.
July 24, 2007
Woooooooo!!!!!
since p-man is distracted I can make a mindless blog post and he wont criticize my bad punctuation grammar or speling but anyways I just bought tickets for the simpsons movie and I am excited so you should be excited for me
good luck to all you future lawyers by the way and try not to be the bottom 17 percent
Evil I
July 7, 2007
Global warming my ass
I live in Texas and I am pretty sure its July. Today was the first day in over a month I wanted to take my motorcycle out to enjoy the sunlight. I hate the cold, the rain, and clouds in general. I don’t care about crops, fuel, or forests, we are all going to die in a nuclear war or the apocalypse anyways if cancer doesn't get us first. I assume that we have enough people studying genetics these days to figure out how to make stuff grow even if it’s a little warmer and if California falls into the ocean I think the Tool song “Aenima” had it right when they said learn to swim. I want my sunny days year round and nobody telling me I cant take my 17 MPG v8 at 130 miles per hour just because it’s a nice day and I have nothing better to do. For all the hype around global warming these hippies better deliver soon cause this rain is pissing me off.
Evil I
June 25, 2007
the solution to some of my problems
I spend a lot of time complaining about how hard it is to meet interesting new people. I spend even more time complaining about how they all seem to get married and have kids and get lost in the land of "I hope you find someone so you can be as happy as I am" right before I never hear from them again until one day they want me to go to their kid's second birthday party even though they forgot me for the first birthday and forgot to call me for my own; not that I am bitter or anything.
Last weekend I went to True Colors, a concert promoting gay rights, with a straight friend and two lesbian couples I had not met. Aside from getting to see Erasure, Cyndi Lauper, and a 30-something overweight guy in a mesh shirt and hot pants with a wedgie, I also discovered lesbians. Not the ones in porn or confused college girls with broken hearts and seeking alternatives to evil men, but honest to goodness girls that prefer girls. One in particular is a Doctor, has 6 cars and a motorcycle, she likes beer, she likes to check out girls, and she is generally the perfect guy friend I've always wanted. The best thing about her is that her girlfriend won't change her and I doubt she will be having kids any time soon! We exchanged numbers and I hope that this relationship will flourish into something fabulous, but I wont get ahead of myself.
-Evil I
June 19, 2007
2 hours prior to boarding
9/11 changed the way we fly. New risks created new needs in the way of security for airports and airplanes. We have since become experts in a ritual of undressing and unpacking while standing in line we call going to the airport. We have also learned how to pack based on rules as to what needs to be checked luggage and what the security drones will want to see so we can make the experience as painless as possible.
On Friday I went to the airport at 8:30 am for an International flight that would leave at 10. I was tired and cranky and finally made it into the new terminal that looks like a giant shopping mall with everything from bars to fancy restaurants to a liquor store with no bottles costing less than 80 dollars. As I wandered to my gate with plenty of time to spare, I noticed a poster that said in big letters, "Why You Need To Get To The Airport Two Hours Early" and in much smaller letters a lot of text below it. As fate would have it, I was dying to know why I had to wake up at 6 am for a 10 am flight. When I got close enough to the poster to read it, I realized that it was a listing of every store, restaurant, and service at DFW airport very similar to the maps you see in malls. In effect, I have to get to the airport earlier so I can have more time to spend more money. As you can assume, this attempt to be cute in advertising was not exactly giving me the warm fuzzies, but it did get me thinking.
Have you ever looked at the list of items you cannot bring on an airplane? You can't bring tweezers, but you can bring, or even buy in the terminal, a nice pointy sharp metal pen. You can't bring wire, but we all have strong shoelaces. No liquids or creams, but as much powder as you want, and if you get thirsty, you can buy some water in the terminal. Fun science fact, most creams and liquids are made by mixing solids and water in factories, but I digress.
My point is this. The list seems arbitrary. If I want to hurt people, I'll find a way to do it, even if I can't bring my tweezers on board. Before someone calls Homeland Security on me, I am not saying we should do away with security. I do wish that the security measures made more sense and wasted less of my irreplaceable time. I also will not claim to know how to do this or what the right thing to do is. That s a very complicated problem and I do not think anybody is saying otherwise. Luckily it seems that there are some smart people working on it because there have been no significant attacks since 9/11. What I will say is that arbitrary and ever- changing lists of reactionary regulations are not making anything any safer, they are only making it harder for people to fly. Finally, for all the talk of taking security seriously, it's absurd to have an airport advertisement saying that the security measures exist for airport vendors to be more profitable. Does the airport really need to fuel my cynicism about the government beyond its current state?
-Evil I (formerly Dallas Guy)
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