Blog of Josh Hall

well, got Dan’s car transferred over to my name today.  Geico gave me a great deal on insurance.  I have been using the “i got some good news…i just saved a load of money by switching to Geico” gag all week.  It will never get old.  Never.  Afterward, i went theatre hopping solo.  Chronicles of Riddick…lame.  Terminal…lame at first, unbelievable how he picks up english over night, and a construction crew hires him out of the blue, but I will confess Hanks wasnt as bad as i thought he would be in the role.  still a crappy movie though.  White Girls, i had high expections from the wayans.  I dont think i have seen a movie from/with them that i didnt laugh at, until now.  Completely terrible.  They are the ugliest white chicks ever.  Terrible story line, not a single funny moment.  Dogdeball was good.  chuck norris, david hasselhoff, that hot blonde from Hey dude and the brady bunch, you cant go wrong.  Except for ben stiller, that movie was great.  Am i the only one tired of seeing his whiney characters?  i am so sick of him.  after that, got home to see the dragon game went from 450 players to almost 700.  thanks to GeniusTwin for pulling a few strings and getting it promoted.  Now i have to go code for the game.  Two other coders are starting to contribute now.  Really glad to have them around.  So now i got a car for no apparent reason, i just need to get one of the jobs!  i hate that this is being drawn out so long.

Got a call for a job down at PPG, i have to take some kind of a test. They say it is pretty hard, and a lot of people fail it. if you score too high or too low, you fail. It’s like an IQ test i think, where you have puzzles and stuff to figure out. we’ll see how that goes.

So adam gave me hitchhikers guide to the galaxy to read.  i have never read it, really looking for ward to it.  turns out, it is going to be a movie next year.

so i have 2 gmail accounts already, and i got an invitation for a 3rd.  I do not see what all the ruckus is about, so i gave it to my mom.  i really dont see what all the hype is about.  if it had pop3 support, or even imap, i’d be alright with it.  by that kinda defeats their intent.  But i guess that is what i get for being a geek, and having connections in the geek world.  I never even asked for one.  There are people out there begging for them, and i have 2 and gave one away. 🙂

going up to nate’s graduation party friday.  mom says i can have the van for weekend trips:)  so nathans this weekend, maybe DC the weekend after that, then out to see serah after that, we’ll see what else i can weasel out.

i got a ton of finger eleven stickers in the mail the other day.  i am on their street team, and they sent me well over 100 stickers.  so i gotta distribute them! i will probably pass them out to friends, and then throw the rest at people at rolling rock town fair.  heck, maybe they will see me and call me back stage…hey, a fan can dream right?  speaking of concerts, we didnt make it out to creation this year, but Deirdre alerted me to the webcast! woo hoo!

looks like the ducklings were saved after all.

well, personal updates have been lacking from me for a few reasons.  One is, the dragon game has been demanding more and more from me as more and more players are coming, and more and more players are advancing in the game.  A few other people have offered to pitch in with the coding aspect, and I have a few moderators in place to help regulate and answer questions, so that helps.  I am really proud of what this game have become.

Another reason is lack of motivation because i don’t have a job yet.  I ended up turning down the Academic Consulting job at pitt, for a few reasons, but mostly because it wasn’t something i wanted to be doing.  A good friend told me that life is too short to be doing something you don’t want to.  He also said that he has an easier time respecting a starving artist than a complaining suit.  I think i agree.  The job situation has taken a turn for the better though, hopefully i will have more on that this or next week.

It would also appear that i have a few unwanted patrons to the site.  I mean, this is a blog, on the internet, but i would expect the people who read it regularly (yes, believe it or not, people actually do) that they would atleast know me on a personal level.  People who read my site just to use any information about what i did recently, to police what others say, or to make sure i don’t say anything about certain people, is just weird.  Borderline stalkers if you ask me.  If you care enough about what i do, or who i do it with, post in the forums atleast, and talk to me or something.  Otherwise, I think it is just plain rude.

well, i am at home on dialup right now, so i will wrap this up.  i will also share something with you that i thought was pretty much the cutest, yet saddest thing i have seen in quite some time.  poor ducklings.

“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.”

– Ray Charles  R.I.P.

I went home for keren’s graduation and brought deirdre back up with me on thursday.  took her to ultimate frisbee with the cornerstone crew, then off to the midnight openning of harry potter with her.  she hung out my place all day friday while i was at work, and then we just hung out friday night and went home saturday.  hung out there, then out to eat with dan and jaime, saw the day after tomaro, then ended up staying over jaime and dans and going to kev and drew’s church in the morning with them.  so the past few days had been full of activities.  i really enjoyed that.  got me out of my apartment and my mind.

mellon interview tomorrow at 2.  wish me luck.  i really hope it works out.

just trying to keep my mind under control and feet on the ground for a while.  too much going on to mess up now.  and, to quote something from church today, “I am too busy NOT to pray today.”  I like that.  Consider that your quote of the moment, thought for today, and thing in closing.

“A wise man once said don’t argue with fools, because people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”

-Thanks the_big_wiggle