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Jun 17th, 2009

10:17 - Texas Toast http://tinyurl.com/tx2009 Well, many more pictures for upload, enjoy. MONDAY So, woke up, feeling drained for some reason. Later I would find out that my ability to spend any time with alienesse would not be possible, as she was "out" and the soonest time we could hook up would have been Wednesday, which is the day we head out to San Antonio to prepare to see my sister. This also added another bit of "sadden" news, the fact that one of the greatest holidays, Father's Day, is most likely going to be spent driving, the entire time :'( The only holiday greater is Friday the 13th, but I would rather drive on the 13th than on Father's Day. So we shall see how well we do on Saturday. I am hoping to leave early then since San Antonio is right off I-35. I would learn a lot about my past. Mom pulled out a folder containing, what looked like, every report card I ever had, a bunch of old papers, programs, and what not from my childhood. So where do I get my packrat ability from?? My mother. She even had a paper that I wrote, "I love you! (not much for words!) your everloving son, me". That is ALL IT SHOWS!! Oh, in terms of my tests and what have you, I saw where I was inverting my "b" and "d". Turns out mom is dyslexic, so that is where I most likely got it from. Seeing some of the things I wrote, I understand the reason I was such a horrible speller. You can see the dyslexia in a lot of the things I (attempted to) wrote. There are also a lot of comments about my inability to "be organized or manage time". Yeah, big shock there. Spelling grades and comments? Oh yeah, you guess that one. There is a lot of stuff that I would like to break down and go over, so I hope to get to that some time after my trip. I played a little bit of Halo 3 with my brother. I kept explaining to him I had not played 3 before, but he is a little slow to the draw some times, haha. It played pretty much like any other Halo game, minus the dumbest thing I have ever seen in a series. The reload button that I religiously wail on, the blue X button, had been changed to a bumper button. The X button was changed into an item button, so I kept dropping items left and right. Oddly enough, Jesse got tired of the game rather soon. I thought his blood had little Halo's running though it. So thanks to wireless, I was able to use full Wiskers abilities, including FFXI (ding 18MNK!). I would also get in a nap, even though waking up from the nap was super bad. I felt as if I had a few hours sleep after being up for 24 hours. At least Jarin did better on his nap. We also had burgers to eat, even though Jarin was not much up for that. Well we went outside when the sun was not directly out. This is a good thing since it gets so hot down here. We went over to Great Grandma Huetter's. Jarin very much did not enjoy the four dogs. Two of them were little punt-able chihuahua's that were doing their mini midget barking. Just shortly after getting inside, Jarin was already pointing to the door exclaiming "Outside! Outside!" Well, after the two mini footballs were put away, and the box of CARS was brought out, everything got better, fast. Even Max the dog was not able to freak Jarin out too bad. He kept saying "kisses" since we were attempting to convey to Jarin it was okay. I also noticed that my rear passenger tire was dead again. I imagine this was due to driving in the grass when I parked, or maybe even the gravel. Either way, no fix-a-flat was going to work. It was time to get a new tire. So from there we went outside, where it was suggested that I give Jarin a little ride on the ATV. I wanted to get a feel for it, and I tell you, I must have looked like a total n00b as I attempted to figure out how to properly give it gas. So I gave Jarin a little ride, as shown by the pictures taken. Then, I gave Jarin to grandma and I headed to the ATV trail where I tore it up. It was so much fun, and all I could do in my head was play the "Motor Storm song" over and over again. I was actually laughing as I drove. I so enjoyed going almost full throttle a few times. Well, I was not the only one who turned out enjoying my ATV trip. The bugs got a few good chunks out of me. To this point, I have some big bites and I want to just scratch myself all over. Jarin went to bed a little better than the first night. The fact the computer was on and there was some light in the room might have had something to do with it. Jarin certainly had a great day. He had a lot of fun with grandma. He most likely learned a few more tricks that mom and dad are going to have to "undo" :D Oh well, grandma gets to spoil him rotten. For instance, more chocolate milk in one day (6???) TUESDAY So I stayed up a little bit doing some net reading and the like before I went to bed. Today we would go into town to take care of my tire and a few other things. We got to this little tire shop that mom says is highly recommended. They popped my tire off, and could not see the hole that was talked about. I could not either. I did see all the fit-a-flat crap inside, and the fact the tire was "unfixable" (not that you could see what needed to be fixed). It must also be getting close to Iowa State Fair time, for the shades that I had found for the trip ended up busting at the shop somehow. Why?!? Well, it turns out I forgot my wallet, imagine that. Mom was able to spot me. We took off and I realized we left Jarin's cars there. So had to turn around to get them, then back to Wal-Mart. The one we went to was the greenest Wal-Mart on the planet (possibly). They had a windmill and solar panels that powered the store. Mom said they recycled tons of things. I looked for a fuse for my blown inverter. They had 5 then 10 in a multipack, that was it. Grandma decided to further spoil Jarin and bought him a car pack. So we headed home. I was dead tired for whatever reason, and decided to take a nap. Again, I woke up feeling drained. At this point, it was Jarin's time for a nap. When he woke from it, he was crying and crabby and in a totally unpleasant state. He did not want food or anything else. Well, grandma worked her magic and pulled out ice cream, and the world was suddenly a better place. As the day was winding down, putting Jarin to bed was much easier. I did not notice any fuss this time. When I went to play my games, I found that my Parodius import was not working properly. Turns out the case was messed up. I did finally get it to play, but I am not sure how long it is going to last. So I ended up going to bed before 1:00. So to recap, inverter dead on trip up. Facebook chat on Pidgin not working. Tire found dead in morning. Glasses busted next day. Japanese import game falling apart. Ug, just once, can't anything work properly for me on a trip? Current Location: County Rd 547 Copeville, TX Current Mood: happy Tags: alienesse, dyslexia, family, halo, jarin, school, texas

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Jun 16th, 2009

01:08 - Texas Roadhouse - the drive http://tinyurl.com/tx2009 - Picture album via Facebook. Shall be updated daily, so the plan goes. SUNDAY So, a little past noon-thirty we took off to TX. Some times I am extremely happy that I have such an active imagination and poor concept of time, as it makes twelve hour trips go by very easy. I got a few pictures on the way. I was able to keep Jarin occupied by either letting him sleep, play my Gradius Galaxies game, play "Jarin broke it", or simply reach back and tickle and attack him. This actually lasted rather well all the way to TX before he started to not be happy about being cramped. So, my first issue was taking the airport in KS for I-435. Even the directions clearly stated which exit, and "towards St Louis". Oh well that was easy to correct, and only made me about one mile off course. Our first stop was for gas, and I grabbed a few things for munchies and drink. I cannot believe I grabbed a diet Mt Dew. I cannot believe, even more, that I drank it. So at some point Jarin said "daddy broke it". As usual I said "Jarin broke it" to which I expected the usual parrot reply, however, I kept getting "daddy broke it". It was to the point I was laughing manically as was he. We are so easily amused :) Oh, Jarin decided to name EVERY single "big truck" on the way here when he was not sleeping or playing games. That was fun. Jarin also liked to point out an Arby's we drove by. Oklahoma was long. I feel it was the longest part of the trip. In fact, I sent a status update asking if I was in Texas yet. I seriously thought I may have crossed a river and was there. In fact, I was only half way when I wrote it. My word! Also, I am getting very old. My right knee was totally killing me. Plus, that part of the body where the butt and the leg meet was not doing well either on the right side. Why was my left side doing so well?? So we finally stopped at an Arby's. It was the perfect spot, as we were basically out of gas, and it was right down the road. Jarin went into his usual "no mine" fit about things he did not even want. No mine chicken. Okay, then why are you not eating it? So kept driving. Unfortunately, right as I left, the alarm on the inverter for the laptop beeped and beeped and then made a "dying beep" I had not heard before. About 30 minutes later, I realized what the sound was, as the inverter was dead. So, no more music. Good thing I was almost there. So, we made it to Texas. By the time I was a little ways in, Jarin was asleep, and very not comfortable, crying out from time to time, and we had seen about 6 cars pulled over for what I could imagine was speeding. In fact, the first one came flying the opposite way past me, flew into the grass to cross into our road, which of course freaked me out not sure what the "safe" limit was, and he up and flew past us to hunt down some prey :) I called my mom, just to find out an important driving tip. When you put in your ending destination into your phone, make sure you are not using old contact information from years and years ago. My mother actually does not live in Wylie! Tee-hee, silly me. She lives in a small town just a short ways away. Welcome human GPS error number two. That would take a little more than a mile since I actually had to go in the opposite direction I was headed. So, we finally arrived, and mom (grandma) and bro (uncle) were up and about to help us in. Jarin decided that he wanted to stay awake since he had naps. Oh great. Grandma also decided to pull out every single car that uncle had. Oh even better. I think it was about two hours that everyone was up. Jarin was just totally besides himself. Car, car, car! Everyone decided to finally go to bed, well, except for Jarin who was put into bed. One thing I have found, he has gotten use to his night light. He was screaming bloody murder, "Help! Help! Light on! Help!" However, he did not last long before he passed out completely. That was my queue to finally pass out. Current Location: Texas Current Mood: exhausted Tags: family, gps, jarin, texas

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May 15th, 2009

16:49 - ... and the Worst Father of the Year Award Goes to... From my understand, and I may be wrong on this, every parent at some point in his or her life goes through that "I am not ever having kids again" or "why in the world did I have another kid". While this may be true, minus those exceptionally psychotic special parents, my own internal programming will not allow the scapegoating of how to parent a kid befall onto my own persona. So, my record stands, I went a total of 799 days before the though "I am not ever having kids again" with Jarin. The addition towards the award is the fact that each time I disciplined him, I did so not to "correct" a behavior but to "feel better". See, there are three reasons that one will do any sort of discipline towards a child. Either they are attempting to correct a behavior, or they are releasing frustration, or they are being forced by a third party. So, Jarin got four trips to his room, and a swat on his butt for "misbehaving". Maybe if I was not dead tired and simply wanting to take a 10 min nap in the living room, he would not have gotten these treats. Onto his actual behavior. I guess for some time now, Jarin will cry, whine, and throw a fit for what appears to be no apparent reason. He asks to go in the high chair, so I put him in the highchair. He asks to get down. He will then repeat this process over and over. Then he asks for juice. Juice is not good enough, he wants water. Water does not work he wants neither, then he wants them, then he doesn't, and repeatedly over and over again. I figured he was just attempting to drive me beyond any form of insanity known by man or Madd. It finally took his last trip to "time out" (which in Reality was dad's chance to take a shower). After the shower, I felt a little more myself, and in turn, Jarin seem to snap out. Is it possible that he just was picking up on my icky state and repeating it through example? A very high probability since not only for the rest of the day before my work was he super good, eating his food, and not whining, but for the first time ever since being a dad, he actually cried when I attempted to leave. So while I recovered well from turned out to be a bad morning, I still cannot yet by the fact that I Alec Baldwin'ed my kid. Maybe next time I should just make him a Madd Margie(tm) and enjoy total peace and quite. Hmm, maybe not. Current Location: 925 High St, 50309 Current Mood: peaceful Tags: child care, jarin

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Mar 14th, 2009

15:35 - Light Side of the Orb So, my first official shower after the shave. The few times I have let my hair get to any length (usually no more than two inches or so), it has always felt "strange" the first time I take a shower. Usually, my hair, when let to any length, would manage to get over my ears, so people would see me randomly take my finger to the top of my ear and brash back hair... that was not there. I really like the feeling of my head (yeah, pervs, feel free to make mental comment). When I am in the shower, and scrubbing down my scalp, it just feels good. If I was a millionaire, I would go to a hair salon every day to have my hair done. Usually, the other "loose end" after a hair shave is the face, so before I took my shower I was sure to take care of that. Not to brag, lookin' good :D Current Location: 3014 SW 40th Des Moines IA Current Mood: tired Current Music: "Theme/Menu" - Magnus Birgersson, "Mirror's Edge" Tags: hair

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Mar 13th, 2009

18:21 - Voorhees for Kids! Voorhees for Kids For some time now, in some way or another, I have been infamous for something: my beautiful hair. I have heard numerous comments from strangers, family, friends, loved ones about my hair. I think it is the one thing I "do right". I quote that because the fact is, I really do very little to it. God simply has well endowed me. Oh, and He gave me great hair also ;) I remember the last time I saw the Australian Floyd Show, some random chick came up to me and wanted me to head bang. She also wanted to play with my hair and talk about it a bit. Her boyfriend did not seem amused at the time, but I think by the look of how almost in his pants she was by the end of the night, that he forgave me (in fact, he possibly might owe me). For some odd reason for the last two+ weeks or so, the comments about my hair have increased, like, exponentially. While I have always had comments here and there, these comments have been slightly longer and more in depth than simply "love your hair". Well, as anyone knows, Friday the 13th is my special day of celebration, and AS I NOTED ON MY WEBSITE, besides that point, it also sticks out in society as the exact opposite. So, for a little while now, I thought to myself, what better way to spread my love and the actual good fortune of this day than to help out someone less fortunate than myself with what I not only take for granted, but am massively blessed with. Hey, no, hair, mind out of gutter please. Now, some will ask, and some already have, the reason I did it. As with almost every aspect of my life, there was no one deciding factor for my choice. However, the top on the list is helping out some special child in search of hair, and let's face it, I do not have to be an ego nut to think my hair is some of the best around. It is simply a fact. It is thick, it is not damaged, and there is a lot of it. So while this was the top on the list, there were a few things, obviously, that helped come to this decision. It takes a long time for me to get ready. Doing my hair, drying it, then combing it is the most difficult part of my day. If I had "no hair", the time it took me to get ready would be cut down by half. This includes not running to work naked (i.e. getting dressed) as well as getting little Boogers ready for wherever. Plus, as much as I love my hair, I really do not like eating it. So my first choice was to look for the infamous Locks of Love. The one thing I found out about them in doing on-line research, is that unfortunately the hair selected is given to specific types of kids. While I could look it up quick, so can everyone else reading, so, I will spare the details. So, in one review the guy said something about WIGS FOR KIDS, an organization I had not ever heard of before. I went to the site, and found there was an Ankeny location for a salon called ENVY SALON that would actually do my hair for free and process it for me. Just what the procrastinator wanted to hear! So anyway, I got there, and the place was just wonderful. The ladies there were extremely nice (some of them I believe do not even work there). I ended up with a nice lady named Jessica. What I really liked, was how much attention they gave my hair. I mean, for as humble a human I am, I sure did eat it up and enjoy it. It was extremely cool how into capturing the moment they were as well. I had my camera with me (as noted with the link to the pictures on top), and the ladies were more than happy to take a bunch of pictures. They suggested a few shots as well, and I am happy for that, as they turned out well. It was really nice having my hair worked. My word I so miss it. When Jessica was running her hands through my hair, it brought back a lot of memories, including a few I think I made up, hEhEhE!! I was reminded of childhood, when my aunt Beck (happy birthday today!!) use to cut my hair all the time. I also thought of how much I miss having my hair played with. There is something about super long hair that generally gets it not played with. So that is my story and I am sticking to it. Oh yeah, the hair cut itself was free. In Reality, I did not have to pay a cent to do anything, including postage. However, despite that fact, I still tipped. It was funny as Jessica talked about making change, in which I stated for her to keep it. While I did not think of it at the time, should Jessica some how manage to come across this, simply keep this in mind: In a little over five years, I have had one hair cut, a minor trim at some point my hair was already rather long. So I have "saved up" a lot of money for not ever having my hair cut in the first place :) Oh, and on a closing note for those tickled by trivial things, one of the FIRST things I did when I got in my car was put on my headset for my phone. When I went to put it on, I took my left hand and reached around the back of my neck to "move my hair" so I could put my headset on :D Old habits break hard, I guess. I have about three+ years of habit to break. So happy birthday, Aunt Becky! Happy Friday the 13th to everyone, and a special thanks to Envy Salon and my hair stylist Jessica for a great job! Current Location: 2732 SE Delaware Ave Suite #280 Ankeny, IA 50021 Current Mood: happy Tags: aunt beck, birthday, envy salon, friday the 13th, hair, wigs for kids

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12:10 - This means serious... ... right? What the heck is that smell?? Current Location: 3014 SW 40th Des Moines IA

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Mar 8th, 2009

00:12 - Happy Birthday, Boogers(tm)!! I am wishing my little Boogers(tm) a happy birthday today! I love you, little one! Current Location: 3014 SW 40th Des Moines IA Current Music: Lullaby Tags: birthday, jarin

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Feb 26th, 2009

22:38 - Theresa - step R.I.P... when? Millions of years ago, or maybe more close to when I was 14 or so, I acquired additions to my family known as step-family. The now decommissioned term I used back then was "step-monster". Keep in mind, the reason beyond that is a long story in itself, and I have little time with the whole working thing going on in the background. So, yesterday, I find out from a TXT from my little sister that Theresa is dead, and has been so for about... two years or so. I took from her TXT that "the family" was finding out, as of yesterday. I thought that... strange, but not as strange as how she apparently died. She died in a hospital, of natural causes. She was about a year or so younger than me, which would have made her around 31 or so when she died. How one dies of natural causes at 31 is well beyond me. Hopefully, some additional information will find its way to my family to clear this up. There is much I could, and most likely will eventually say regarding Theresa. At this point, I will simply note, that people telling me they are sorry to hear about what happened need not tell me they are sorry or feel bad for me or the like. I had not heard about-from her since I was about 18 or 19 or so. I guess a long time away from someone can affect how I feel. Because I am human and a member of my family has passed away, I am said to be sad, however, I am not. So if anything, maybe instead of telling me you are sorry to hear that she passed away, you can tell me I am a cold and heartless bastard instead. I have many theories on this, again, way too long to cover in the short time I have here at work. If anything, if you know my mom, tell her, as I imagine out of everyone (minus maybe her brother Chad, her mom, or her dad) she most likely would be impacted the most. Oh, wait, I think she had kids. I really honestly do not know how that all worked out. Well, if she had kids and they are still around, then maybe they are impacted the most. So, hopefully God is taking good care of you. God give strength to my mom and Denny, my sister and Chad. While He is at it, tell her I am sorry for the way I treated her back in the day. Also, if You would be so kind to apologize for some of my actions. I would say I guess she is in better hands now, but as noted, saying "now" would appear to be a poor choice of words since this is "old news". Seriously, I am confused, how does someone go of natural causes so young? How does information like this take like two years to pass on? Current Location: 925 High St, Des Moines IA Current Mood: confused Tags: death, step-family, theresa

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Jan 12th, 2009

12:17 - Happy Birthday, baby #1 hahaha, yeah, I still remember thinking I was not ever going to have kids, just because, I was "getting so old". Er, something like that. Well, I have yet to destroy him (despite others attempts), and today, Alex celebrates his 7 year as being a car, my "first kid". For his birthday present, earlier he got about $400 some work done on him, dealing mainly with tires and alignment. The great gift for him which in turn is a gift for myself, and anyone else who would have otherwise been riding in him :D Current Location: 50321 Current Mood: calm Current Music: "Theme/Menu" - Magnus Birgersson, "Mirror's Edge" Tags: alex, birthday

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Jan 10th, 2009

23:59 - I will name him... later... So Saturday I bought the Sony STR-DG820 The key point was the 4 HDMI inputs on the unit. I have been using a Yamaha one for the longest time, and it still works fine, I simply wanted to update to accommodate the HD DVR, PS3, 360, and a few other devices that can use service. The easy setup was not so easy, however, it turns out that the biggest problem is the 360 Elite HDMI cable does NOT work with the unit. How ironic that the Microsoft 360 cord does not work on the Sony receiver. The other problem I had is the speaker wires, as usual, are difficult to screw into the system, and have them STAY in the system. The reason for this is just the nature of the game, and I have had this issue with my last one also. I went to run the setup, and the center speaker that HAD been working, was not working. I looked at the connection, three or so times, and was still not able to get it to do what I wanted to. Eh, maybe it was two, I really do not remember. So finally I had it hooked up, and now I no longer have to switch cables to get sound. Once I buy another HDMI cable, I will not have to switch between the 360 and PS3. For now, the only complaint I have is with, of all things, the 360 (I see a pattern here). While connected via HDMI, I notice while the 360 is just sitting there, making no sound, that that receiver is "waiting" for sound. So when I click on something, the sound is sent to the receiver. This means that very first sound is lost. If I am playing a game or watching a movie that is always making a sound, this is not a problem. When I navigate the different screens on my 360, I notice that "clicking" sound is absent. Now if I hold down left or right, then I do not hear the first one, however, the rest works just fine. I can only hope that this does not play a part in movies or games that have "moments of silence". I will find out. Another thing, the remote does not appear to be anywhere close to responsive as anything else I have. I was on the couch, and I had to push a few times to get the system to do what I wanted it to do. I could bounce a signal off my wall with the other one. On the plus side, this is the first time I had something that set the speakers up themselves. There is a mic that you plug into the front, then you place the device where you want sound to focus at (I placed it on top of my head), and then it sent a series of tones from each speaker. Jarin likes that a little too much. After I play with it for a good while, I will end up posting an actual review on Amazon. Current Location: 50321 Current Mood: happy Tags: 360, jarin, receiver, sony, str-dg820, toys

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Jan 4th, 2009

21:29 - I Might, Rabbit, I Might I spy with my little eye... oh, nothing, for some time. Okay... missed it by *that* much. Current Location: 925 High St, Des Moines, IA, 50309 Current Mood: optimistic Current Music: Musical Fruit Tags: chicken-boo

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Jul 11th, 2008

19:23 - I Spy With My Little Eye ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) Current Location: 925 High St, Des Moines, IA Current Mood: relieved Tags: goodbye

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Jul 4th, 2008

00:46 - Slow loading issues with MWF/Media The following links (including all sub-links) are currently affected by a known problem: MWF - http://madd74.com/bb/ Media - http://madd74.com/media/ This is a continuous intermittent problem that is happening due to a poorly managed mySQL database by my current web hosting provider. You may get any of the following: slow reading/posting 104 error (connection reset by peer) double posting This has been an ongoing battle that has been happening between my provider (along with many others who use the same provider). The easy step would be to kick them and move to another, however, due to the extremely LOW traffic I now get, and have for some time, there has been little to no need to rush moving things over. Right now I have been more focused on getting other aspects of my website up, operational, or changed. If you are a frequent guest who would like to see change, I suggest any time you experience a problem to reply to this thread. Anonymous posts are allowed only if the person identifies themselves (meaning non-LJ users). If you are a user of the new menu system, you can simply go to http://madd74.com/menu/ and click on "Slow/No Forum at times" and you will be brought to this entry, otherwise feel free to bookmark this entry. Current Location: http://madd74.com Current Mood: supportive Current Music: Those Who Fight Further Tags: maintenance, permlink, powweb, support

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Jun 29th, 2008

17:41 - Thanks and keep contributing! There have been a few questions on my last post, of which I am happy to answer to my best ability. First off, I have an easier link to "remember": http://madd74.com/city That will redirect you, not to mention, any changes and the like I will be able to address without an address change. How it works, well, you can visit the site once a day. (more if you want to check updates) Each day a new IP address visits, the population goes up by one. I visit from home, then from a wireless access at work, and my mobile phone, and I get three visits for the day for sure (I cannot access from work as it is classified as games, just like I no longer can access livejournal from work computers as they dome up dating/personals). What is it all about? The site itself is simply an attempt to get people to visit it. If you loo k, you will notice ads all over (I do not see them all as I have blocks on flash and the like). They want people to click it, and that is how they make money. I do not care about that, and I am not asking anyone to click any other links. So, the site works on the premise that I am going to go out and get people to attempt to click the link and visit their site. So why do I want to get people to visit? To simply build up my population, is all. Should anyone else decide to build a city, just visit mine and leave me a name of your city and I will visit it each day from my three sources when possible :) Current Location: 925 High St, Des Moines, IA Current Mood: content Tags: minicity, pimping

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Jun 27th, 2008

01:30 - Make Madd Happy You want to make Madd happy, right? I mean, that is the reason you are here and are reading this, right? Well, it is rather simple. As you have noticed in the various online caves I live in, I have posted a link, and have asked for people to visit from time to time. Also, different IP addresses count as different visits, so, keep that in mind (pulls out mobile phone and visits site, hehehe) very simple, very easy, no harm, no foul, and you do not even have to tell me that you did it, even though, if you want me to know, you can do that also. hey, I'm easy (but you already knew that) http://madds-world.myminicity.com/ Tags: minicity, pimping

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Jun 9th, 2008

16:43 - -poke- Well, I thank the "hot sexy momma" who poked me :D Hmm, so much going on I almost cannot keep my head on straight. Well, a long time ago (only a few actual entries) I made reference to my new ability to keep up to-date and track things better with this new system I was going to go with. Unfortunately, barely any time went by from that point that I ended up getting the squeeze from work with the re-initiated procedure of "no anything" on the floor. So, this would mean that the hopes and desires of said adventure would be no more, or at least for the time being, or at least now, or whatever. Attempting to keep updated at home is bleak to pointless, or at least it feels that way. The reason I am not able to keep email and the like up to date is well beyond my current understanding. I do know that I have been extremely distracted of late with my website, something I have given high priority to lately. See, the way I want my website to work, well, it is not working in all systems. It currently works for Firefox and Opera (well, a guess since I found this out by checking on my Wii, so not sure if it is the same on a desktop), and that is about it. Anyone curious as to the look I am going for can visit http://madd74.com/maddframe.html even though, note that if you are using anything other than Firefox 2, that I have no clue what will happen when you visit. The tech aspect: Well, side tracking a little bit from the original post, one of the problems is that the code is not validated correctly. When I do validate the code correctly, then the iframe part of the site has a messed up height. Doing some troubleshooting with a tech support forum, it would appear that the way to be validated and have it work the way I want, I would have to use more complex coding, so, that is where I am at now. However, further testing with valid code shows IE rendering my page extremely wrong. The biggest point of doing this validation is for the purpose of making my way up in the page ranks, so that I hopefully get more traffic since I get absolutely nil traffic at this time. Some who are smart and observant (via website worlds) would comment, “Um, Madd, you have no ads on your site, something you might be proud of, but that means that you get absolutely no money for people visiting, and in fact, means if you get a lot of traffic that it could cause problems with your service, so, why care?” To anyone who would think that would be thinking a most excellent question, as I have wondered it myself. The best answer I can give is the self promotion of a possible community of which I have some control over. The problem with a place like myspace (well, bad example as there are about 900+ some problems with myspace, another story all in itself) is that I really have no control over how it works. I have no control over the actual content expect what is on my own personal page. Now, with my website, when something cool is around, I have control on whether that becomes a part of my site (of which I am sure it will break down and I will pull hair out attempting to fix it). Also, I think it helps to think of this fact. If I had to choose being rich beyond rich, or simply famous, I would pick famous. Maybe it has something to do with the whole reason we have kids. If you die rich, what is the point of being rich you cannot take it with you. If you die famous, then there is the possibility that your existence is remembered forever and a year. It is almost like your life has meaning beyond the end of it. Of course, I could possibly be digging deep on that, as it is only speculation as to what I would really care in having people visit and interact with my site. Anyway, that is well off base from what I was talking about, which a few hours later, I really do not remember what I was talking about. I stated my point that my attempts to keep updated with others has failed (as if my lack of interaction was not already a good indication to others). Now, some people take it personally (and frankly, I feel those people selfish who do), so maybe this is that friendly reminder I give to many that it impacts everyone I know, not just any one given human or thing. Oh, yeah, I guess I do remember one thing I was going to get into. I hope to write yet again, closer to what I wanted to, and originally intended to. Now, before I can do that, there are a few entries that I am to get out in the open, a few of which I am not looking forward to because it means I am going to be opening up wounds that have already healed. Still, in order for me to go forward, I feel obligated to myself to venture some in the past. So, it is time to get the ball rolling… or at least, the paper. Current Location: 925 High St, Des Moines, IA Current Mood: annoyed Tags: friend list, livejournal, procrastination, web site, work

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Apr 23rd, 2008

17:33 - Mas-tur-ba-tion time, COME on! Yeah, that's to a song, hopefully you can finger it out without help, hehehe. So, well, updates. IVP clean; trip to the urologist today found that my right testicle looks fine. Yet another trip up the brown river shows everything fine. So once again, this time from a specialist, I am told that everything is most likely fine. Things are checking out clean, and I even got a call today saying my PSA was 0.97. So, the old blood is just left over blood that has to be flushed, stating that the more I ejaculate, the sooner things should clear out. Aye, my doctor just gave me the green light to "lay smack-down in the hometown". Tee-hee!! How fun is that? There are a few factors that cause this, and are extremely common in males. Inflammation of some parts is one of them. I have been given some drugs (name forgotten) just to see if it helps things out faster. On a side note, I got a letter yesterday with my cholesterol scores: Name /\ This Year /\ Last Year /\ Target Total /\ 202 /\ 225 /\ 0-200 Trigly /\ 238 /\ 216 /\ 0-150 HDL /\ 22 /\ 32 /\ over 40 LDL /\ 132 /\ 150 /\ under 100 So my overall was lowered almost to acceptable, and my Triglycerides came down some. My HDL (good) and LDL (bad) both went into the wrong direction. My soon-to-be exercise plan of taking Jarin for a walk should help with that, as well as not missing my breakfast that I do from time to time. I, once again, see no problem in getting that all in good shape. Oh, and don’t worry, I will have Jarin tagged and on a leash :D Current Location: 925 High St, Des Moines, IA Current Mood: happy Tags: blood, cholesterol, masturbation, medical

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Apr 16th, 2008

19:12 - You Down with IVP? (Yeah You Know Me) So I got a call yesterday on my day off from the doctor. It would appear everything from the tests indicate no trouble, meaning, as I already knew, no stones and the like. I say I know this already, because my REAL concern is with my sperm issue, and what they are looking for, at present, deals more with urine. Stones and the like are not associated with sperm issues. Yeah, I had a little blood leakage in urine, while I was having a bowel movement... however I have not had a problem since in that department. So, I will just have to wait for my next appointment (not including my annual physical tomorrow), and see what they are doing then, and talk to (hopefully) a urologist then. Current Location: 925 High St Current Mood: hungry Tags: blood, hematospermia, medical

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Apr 14th, 2008

23:33 - AvP... er IVP - Whoever wins, Madd pees Well, I went in for my early morning doctor visit. The name of the procedure is called an IVP, or Intravenous Pyelogram. Basically, they fill me with special chemicals so I light up under x-ray, fill up my bladder, then have me empty it and take more pictures to see what they can see. This procedure took a little over an hour to do. As always, the nurse who gave me the IV was in love with my veins. You want to see a chick get hot and bothered instantly, then you watch a nurse look at my veins... and I don't mean the "main vein" ;) Afterwards, I opt-out of seeing Jarin in favor of Perkins. Sorry boy, but damn I was wanting food like no one's business. It was so good I was not able to eat it all, so I had something to take to work. Oh, as for the test results, I was not told to stay home or go to the ER, so everything must initially look well. Of course, they are not *really* looking for what I want them to look at, as I want Doctor Kenneth Noisewater checked out. Eh... let them do their thing, I suppose. So, at some point later today, I was able to fart and not freak out about it. My first test was done in the bathroom, as otherwise the "farting is prohibited" sign was turned on as the CoM was in effect. The great news, I only managed to "unclean" four things of underwear, not bad considering I did not crap myself while sleeping, and only barely the first time the stuff kicked in. Um... I seriously think someone should work on the warning on the bottle. "May cause diarrhea" should be changed to "will piss out of your ass at least 9 times" and a warning "farts may not actually be farts" should be printed in BIG LETTERS for those of us at work who think we are doing to break wind, just to find someone broke a dam. So, my next scheduled appointment is on 4-23, and this time, I have no crazy prepping to do, so that makes me happy. Current Location: 925 High Str Current Mood: tired Current Music: fan Tags: medical

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Apr 13th, 2008

18:45 - For the Gift That Keeps on Giving Well, with my current setup, I find that the best way to "track" people, opposed to friend reading (which if I miss a day or whatever knocks me out of sync) is to actually tack the user (the tack icon that allows you to track things). So, for anyone who WANTS me to read their journal, reply to this, or if for some reason you want to keep it private, contact me. This can be done by a variety of ways, if you require assistance in how: http://madd74.com and click on the contact link This way, I will get emails in the order that you write them, as opposed to getting a friend list with the most new information. Tags: friend list, livejournal

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