Blog of Josh Hall

When you buy lumber at lowe’s, sometimes they will cut the wood for you.  only sometimes, and there are all kinds of restrictions for it, and you have to find someone to do it.  It would be cool to have just a tiny shop joint with lowe’s, 84 lumber, home depot, etc, where you can just pull you lumber in a cart to them, and they will do any cutting you need.  this is definitely useful for people without the tools, people who want the job done quicker, can’t fit the wood in the truck uncut, and just the sheer convenience of it.  I call it Josh’s Jigsaw.

Another thing that i have been saying for a while, cars shouldn’t be allowed to go over 75.  If peer to peer networks are being closed down because they have the potentional to be used illegally, then cars dealers should be closed too.  Why do we have cars that can go over 100??  So that darwinism can ensue.

so, i have been slacking on this majorly.  pretty much on everything.  I got GTA San Andreas the day after it came out, so i had been playing that a lot.  over 40 hours logged in the game, and only 50% done.  the game is huge.  huge doesnt even begin to describe this game.  so that is where most of my wasted time has gone that have kept me from my pc.

other than that, work ofcourse.  going well, kevin is working here now, makes it easier to get up in the morning with someone to be accountable to since he picks me up.  I’ve always known that i will do nothing for myself, but everything for someone else.  I don’t know if that is laziness or just low self esteem.

I turned 22 on the 16th.  spent most of the day at kennedy space center.  yes, florida.  I had some vacation days i had to use before the end of the year, and i have never been to universal, and had been planning on going the past 2 summers, but job-loss got in the way both times.  so i figured it was a good time to go.  And it was.  i was down there from the 12-16th.  went to universal, epcot, islands of adventure, and the space center.  i’ll post pics soon.

Dragon game is starting to show it signs on no developement.  wish i had some programmers.  I think i scare people away by saying “coders” or “programmers.”  not sure why else no one really is stepping up to the plate in a major way.  I even offer up to $20 for a decent addition, and no nibbles.  I just don’t know how to get people involved.  thoughts?

working on setting up the old space game i used to have up.  that was a fun game.  hopefully others will think so too.  i’d be happy if it was half as successful as the dragon game.  I am also in the hosting business now.  email me at sixf00t4@hotmail.com if you are interested in something.  i’ll beat any advertised rate.  Just looking to get some customers.  so if you need a website or hosting, let me know.

other than that, just plain old overwhelmed like usual.  sleep, trying to lose weight and get in shape, thinking about how bad i am going to do in the spring when i start classes back up, and other crap.  keep your stick on the ice.

Are people who lose limbs more prone to high blood pressure?  I would think their heart would be used to pumping a certain amount of blood, and taking a whole arm or leg out of the “loop” would definitely decrease its workload.  Or perhaps they are more energetic because their heart is pumping faster and harder?   does that mean they are also in better shape?

i find it hard to take the english language serious.  I know there are activist groups out there to change the spelling and pronounciations of words, and i am thinking about joining.  seriously.  i always find myself mispronouncing cinammon.  I end up saying synonym.  Ironic, isn’t it?

went do winterthur, delaware to hang out with serah this weekend.  good times were had by all.  we went to philly saturday, i bought a new guitar, a yamaha apx5a, and that was pretty much it saturday. sunday we took tours of winterthur itself.  pretty crazy place.  170 rooms, 7 floors, and lots of old furniture.  i uploaded lots of pictures in the gallery.

other than that, just trying to stay afloat with crap i have to do, while trying to stay well rested.  it’s tough.  especially when i am addicted to the internet.  i was on this site where you battle of letters of the alphabet with other users for well over a half hour.  I am so lame. http://www.flashcomguru.com/apps/letters/

As I leave for work in the mornings at 3:45 am, I notice that nothing else is going on.  Even the weather seems to be at rest.  The occasional garbage truck is about the extent of life that i run across.  As i park my car a half mile down the street and begin to walk the rest of the way, i walk by a woman on her smoke break.  puffing along in her over-sized jacket, you know she would love to be at home wrapped in a blanket, knees to her chest.  Or is that just me?  Anyway, the weather seems to be asleep too.  No wind, no rain, and if there is rain, it’s just a light misting, as if the weather crew is just understaffed on the graveyard shift.  and 8 hours later when i leave my 8th floor cavern, the city is transmogrified.  Someone switched on the lights to the sky, turned the knob to the magnetic car track of the city streets, and openned the door to the maze of the city side walks that men in suits traverse throughout their day with a destination in mind, but never really sure how to get there.  I haven’t found anyone i can set my watch to yet though.  That’s what i want to see.  I want to bump into “the parking his car guy” or the “girl who always has an umbrella.”  I have yet to have a repeating face, or atleast a face that stained the memory cells of my brain.  I must admit, I am almost dissappointed.  I want the conveyor belt city.  The well oiled machine, transporting the masses over the cross walk.  Red light.  Green light.  Yield.  No turn on red.  But there are jaywalkers out there.  And those jaywalkers are messing with my life.

the radio station is back up after being down for a while.  you can access stations from the right drop down menu.  Registered users get an extra one to listen to 😉