Congratulations to Andy and Abby Garland!
Yep, my friend Andy made the jump into wedlock this past Saturday. He and his new wife Abby are hopefully enjoying some kind of honeymoon this week. I say it that way because, well...last I heard, their flight into Florida was cancelled due to the hurricane. So, hopefully that didn't stop them from going somewhere. Honestly, I'm worried for them - what if they don't get back in time for the UGA vs. LSU game this Saturday?
Oh, you think I'm joking? Well, then you're obviously not a UGA fan. Seriously, Abby's garter was red with little "G's" all around it. They're gonna be at that game, my money's on it (ha! not really!).
Anyways, yeah, it was a really nice wedding. Eric and I did the videography, and as a result we have about 8 tapes to put into the edit, averaging about 35 minutes of material per tape. Let's see, that would be about 4 hours and 20 minutes? Yep, sounds good. Three of those tapes will be edited together though (the ceremony had 3 cameras set up), so that will cut about 1 hour of material completely out.
Send the newlyweds a little e-mail to congratulate them on their new life together, or post something on the comments, or if you know them better...well, then you probably already told them, eh?
As an added note, happy birthday to my blog! I've had this thang up here for a year now, packin' it full of things that I'm certain the world needs to know...things like, "what I did this weekend" or "politicians are dirty." Good times.
9.28.2004
9.24.2004
Okay, let me lay out some ground rules...
Everyone should know that I have full control over what is or what is not posted on my page, either by myself or others. With that said, everyone should feel free to respond to my posts however you like. Seriously. I welcome any kind of discussion. While I will allow absolute ignorance and minor levels of dead-end propoganda, I don't much care for some 4-letter words on the page (no, that doesn't mean "love" or "hugs"). So, if you want to post gibberish, rantings, whatever...not a problem. Just keep it PG-13 or lower, or you will probably get deleted. If I have to delete you twice, you get banned.
F.A.Q. -
1. "How can you tell me what I can say? This is violation of free speech! Fascist!"
-Well, actually, this is my property, I created it, and so your rights as protected by government only extend here as far as I let them. Read it...it's actually in the Constitution. Since it is my own property, I am also responsible for maintenance, and I'm not going to let you throw your garbage on my floor if it violates my ground rules (This "question" is actually a good example of gibberish, rantings and also ignorance. Obviously, a comment like this would have no real meaning, but see, right there, I let it sit on the page nonetheless.)
2. "Who do you think you are? Mother (funny bunny)! You can't censor me, I'm a (good golly) American, you son of a (mother and father)!"
-See, that is an example of the type of censorship I might apply to posts of that nature. And if you think I have no right to censor you...well, look at the first FAQ question.
3. "(null)"
-Okay, good...that's an example of someone who I feel didn't even contribute a post worth keeping, regardless of their clear violation of the ground rules.
There are no guarantees...I mean, hey, I'm a reasonable guy. If it seems like you were trying to make a point, but you just couldn't because of all the garbage in your head, well, I might let it ride anyways. But if I think you just wanted to swear at me and all the nice people posting on my site, you're gone. Do it twice, and you're banned.
Hugs and kisses,
Christian
Everyone should know that I have full control over what is or what is not posted on my page, either by myself or others. With that said, everyone should feel free to respond to my posts however you like. Seriously. I welcome any kind of discussion. While I will allow absolute ignorance and minor levels of dead-end propoganda, I don't much care for some 4-letter words on the page (no, that doesn't mean "love" or "hugs"). So, if you want to post gibberish, rantings, whatever...not a problem. Just keep it PG-13 or lower, or you will probably get deleted. If I have to delete you twice, you get banned.
F.A.Q. -
1. "How can you tell me what I can say? This is violation of free speech! Fascist!"
-Well, actually, this is my property, I created it, and so your rights as protected by government only extend here as far as I let them. Read it...it's actually in the Constitution. Since it is my own property, I am also responsible for maintenance, and I'm not going to let you throw your garbage on my floor if it violates my ground rules (This "question" is actually a good example of gibberish, rantings and also ignorance. Obviously, a comment like this would have no real meaning, but see, right there, I let it sit on the page nonetheless.)
2. "Who do you think you are? Mother (funny bunny)! You can't censor me, I'm a (good golly) American, you son of a (mother and father)!"
-See, that is an example of the type of censorship I might apply to posts of that nature. And if you think I have no right to censor you...well, look at the first FAQ question.
3. "(null)"
-Okay, good...that's an example of someone who I feel didn't even contribute a post worth keeping, regardless of their clear violation of the ground rules.
There are no guarantees...I mean, hey, I'm a reasonable guy. If it seems like you were trying to make a point, but you just couldn't because of all the garbage in your head, well, I might let it ride anyways. But if I think you just wanted to swear at me and all the nice people posting on my site, you're gone. Do it twice, and you're banned.
Hugs and kisses,
Christian
9.21.2004
My friend Mike has always followed politics a little closer than I have. I just kind of took an interest in some of this stuff in the last couple years. I have Mike to partially thank for that.
Personally, I'm no Republican. I make this point clear because it seems I haven't made this point at all to some people. I only personally know a couple of people who say they are Republicans. I'm not Libertarian, Green, Independent, etc. I have no upper case affiliations. I'm just conservative. I have a set of political and social beliefs that intersect with all of the parties in some places, more often with the Libertarians and Republicans than any others, but I cannot stand by a party like you would a friend, because the parties are the source of a lot of scheming and in-fighting. Politically speaking, I'm not alone. Mike is no Republican. I have liberal friends who are not Democrats. Think of all the Democrats leaving for the Green Party in the last few years. In my opinion, I think that the Democrats and Republicans are both guilty of trying to make everyone fit into one club or the other. In a broader sense, I have discovered that liberals seem more often than not to group everyone into two groups: people who think like them, and everyone else. This is where I give the edge to conservatives. It seems to me that more conservatives than liberals are aware of the varying degrees of political interest, ideology and action. You don't see conservatives screaming at "lazy" college students for not being more involved, and getting out the vote. As an example, the right to vote is just that...a right. You can, but you don't have to. In fact, maybe you shouldn't.
Would you join in a conversation with a group of people without knowing what they were discussing? This seems to be the best analogy I can think of for this situation. People who cast a vote for the candidate that appeared the most favorably on The Daily Show, MTV, or the major news outlets, are generally uninformed. They are joining in a conversation on a subject that they hold little to no interest in, primarily because they've been told that it would be lazy not to do so. It's your right to vote...so what about other rights? How about gun ownership? That's a right, but you don't hear many (intelligent) people saying "if you don't own a gun, you're lazy." Uninformed voters ARE like uninformed gun owners...they have the power to appoint the people in charge of the guns.
People complain that not enough young people vote, or not enough black people, or not enough illegal aliens (zing!). What exactly is enough, and why DON'T they vote? Well, that's not my question to answer. Think about this though....as far as young people are concerned (we'll just say age 18 to 25), what makes us all think we're so smart? We spend most of our time avoiding news and politics (except, of course, The Daily Show). As a group, we are the most uninformed of all voters. The problem is that many people choose to phrase it differently. You'll instead hear "young people never vote." We hear a lot of "we need to get young people to the polls!" How often do you hear, "if these young uninformed voters show up, we're screwed!"? Seems to me that at all levels of politics - local all the way up to national - we don't need people joining the conversation without knowing what we're talking about.
Maybe instead of having these "get out the vote rallies" that try to get people excited about voting, we need more people to take a political science class and paying more attention to history...or more non-partisan publications aimed at people in our group. Honestly, I don't think I've EVER been "excited" about my right to vote. Do I take it for granted? Possibly...but isn't that my right?
I feel like the Democratic Party in particular tries too hard to use these get-out-the-vote events for their own sort of recruiting program. Again, they feel like you're with them or you're "everyone else." Republicans seem less interested in just getting people to the polls. It may be to their detriment, but possibly not. What about all of these uninformed voters, anyways? Who are they more likely to fall in line with? Well, with their lack of political knowledge, I'd have to go with the Democrats (zing!). So obviously, wouldn't do much good for the Republicans to get these people to the polls, now would it? (Of course, I'm just trying to get on people's nerves with that last comment...)
Hopefully I'll get some real hateful posts about Bush's Nat'l Guard service in response to this. We're waiting on you, lil' Miss Miami.
Personally, I'm no Republican. I make this point clear because it seems I haven't made this point at all to some people. I only personally know a couple of people who say they are Republicans. I'm not Libertarian, Green, Independent, etc. I have no upper case affiliations. I'm just conservative. I have a set of political and social beliefs that intersect with all of the parties in some places, more often with the Libertarians and Republicans than any others, but I cannot stand by a party like you would a friend, because the parties are the source of a lot of scheming and in-fighting. Politically speaking, I'm not alone. Mike is no Republican. I have liberal friends who are not Democrats. Think of all the Democrats leaving for the Green Party in the last few years. In my opinion, I think that the Democrats and Republicans are both guilty of trying to make everyone fit into one club or the other. In a broader sense, I have discovered that liberals seem more often than not to group everyone into two groups: people who think like them, and everyone else. This is where I give the edge to conservatives. It seems to me that more conservatives than liberals are aware of the varying degrees of political interest, ideology and action. You don't see conservatives screaming at "lazy" college students for not being more involved, and getting out the vote. As an example, the right to vote is just that...a right. You can, but you don't have to. In fact, maybe you shouldn't.
Would you join in a conversation with a group of people without knowing what they were discussing? This seems to be the best analogy I can think of for this situation. People who cast a vote for the candidate that appeared the most favorably on The Daily Show, MTV, or the major news outlets, are generally uninformed. They are joining in a conversation on a subject that they hold little to no interest in, primarily because they've been told that it would be lazy not to do so. It's your right to vote...so what about other rights? How about gun ownership? That's a right, but you don't hear many (intelligent) people saying "if you don't own a gun, you're lazy." Uninformed voters ARE like uninformed gun owners...they have the power to appoint the people in charge of the guns.
People complain that not enough young people vote, or not enough black people, or not enough illegal aliens (zing!). What exactly is enough, and why DON'T they vote? Well, that's not my question to answer. Think about this though....as far as young people are concerned (we'll just say age 18 to 25), what makes us all think we're so smart? We spend most of our time avoiding news and politics (except, of course, The Daily Show). As a group, we are the most uninformed of all voters. The problem is that many people choose to phrase it differently. You'll instead hear "young people never vote." We hear a lot of "we need to get young people to the polls!" How often do you hear, "if these young uninformed voters show up, we're screwed!"? Seems to me that at all levels of politics - local all the way up to national - we don't need people joining the conversation without knowing what we're talking about.
Maybe instead of having these "get out the vote rallies" that try to get people excited about voting, we need more people to take a political science class and paying more attention to history...or more non-partisan publications aimed at people in our group. Honestly, I don't think I've EVER been "excited" about my right to vote. Do I take it for granted? Possibly...but isn't that my right?
I feel like the Democratic Party in particular tries too hard to use these get-out-the-vote events for their own sort of recruiting program. Again, they feel like you're with them or you're "everyone else." Republicans seem less interested in just getting people to the polls. It may be to their detriment, but possibly not. What about all of these uninformed voters, anyways? Who are they more likely to fall in line with? Well, with their lack of political knowledge, I'd have to go with the Democrats (zing!). So obviously, wouldn't do much good for the Republicans to get these people to the polls, now would it? (Of course, I'm just trying to get on people's nerves with that last comment...)
Hopefully I'll get some real hateful posts about Bush's Nat'l Guard service in response to this. We're waiting on you, lil' Miss Miami.
9.13.2004
Another (almost) fall weekend, packed with great weather, good football games on TV, and....work?
Yeah, I've got so much on my plate right now, couldn't take a midday nap even if I wanted. Fine by me...I'd rather be busy than searching through employment ads.
For the last 6 months, I've been researching building my own computer. The one I currently own was cutting-edge technology two and a half years ago, but even then, it was better suited to office tasks than what I currently spend most time doing, which is audio/video applications. So, I've been looking at everything from the basics of computer construction up to the specific things that go into building an audio/video workstation. Honestly, it would be easier to go out and have someone else do the work for me rather than my attempt at re-inventing the wheel (there are tons of people who build these machines). However, my estimates so far tell me that if I build it myself, I look to save as much as $2k on the whole deal. Beyond that, it's also great, I think, to be able to know all the in's and out's of my machine, so that I become my own first contact for tech support if something goes south. So now, I know how I want to build it, and with what parts, but I'm waiting for some money to show up.
Oh, and about the football this weekend....it was crazy. UGA's game against South Carolina didn't look good until the very end. In fact, that was basically the story for all the college ball on Saturday. Every matchup seemed to be only truly decided in the fourth quarter, if not in the last 5 minutes. It pretty much started with the hurricane-delayed FSU v. Miami game, which was just nuts. If it began with that game, it sure ended with Ga. Tech's game against Clemson. Honestly, I really wanted to see Clemson win, because I knew that would make the South Carolina folks even more upset (losing to Georgia, and then their in-state rival winning their game). However, I don't recall seeing a more amazing come-from-behind victory than the one that the Jackets pulled off. I think it's the first time I actually kind of rooted for Tech. Of course, I felt very dirty afterward, but if you saw the game, you'd know what I mean.
Next weekend, UGA plays at home against Marshall. Never heard of them before this season. I do know that they gave #8 Ohio State a real scare on Saturday, just about stealing the day. Ohio State pulled off just one of the many come-from-behind victories for the day.
September 13th....I don't see how it's possible that we're already half into September, and a week out from the official start of autumn, but it is what it is.
Oh, you know, I was kind of wrapping up there, but I want to say this: I don't know what's going on with these purportedly falsified documents about Bush's service in the Nat'l Guard, but if it turns out that the falsification was either done by one of the news outlets, or that a blind eye was turned to verfication of the documents, it sure isn't going to look good for Kerry, no matter his role (or non-role) in this thing. I guess we'll see what happens.
Yeah, I've got so much on my plate right now, couldn't take a midday nap even if I wanted. Fine by me...I'd rather be busy than searching through employment ads.
For the last 6 months, I've been researching building my own computer. The one I currently own was cutting-edge technology two and a half years ago, but even then, it was better suited to office tasks than what I currently spend most time doing, which is audio/video applications. So, I've been looking at everything from the basics of computer construction up to the specific things that go into building an audio/video workstation. Honestly, it would be easier to go out and have someone else do the work for me rather than my attempt at re-inventing the wheel (there are tons of people who build these machines). However, my estimates so far tell me that if I build it myself, I look to save as much as $2k on the whole deal. Beyond that, it's also great, I think, to be able to know all the in's and out's of my machine, so that I become my own first contact for tech support if something goes south. So now, I know how I want to build it, and with what parts, but I'm waiting for some money to show up.
Oh, and about the football this weekend....it was crazy. UGA's game against South Carolina didn't look good until the very end. In fact, that was basically the story for all the college ball on Saturday. Every matchup seemed to be only truly decided in the fourth quarter, if not in the last 5 minutes. It pretty much started with the hurricane-delayed FSU v. Miami game, which was just nuts. If it began with that game, it sure ended with Ga. Tech's game against Clemson. Honestly, I really wanted to see Clemson win, because I knew that would make the South Carolina folks even more upset (losing to Georgia, and then their in-state rival winning their game). However, I don't recall seeing a more amazing come-from-behind victory than the one that the Jackets pulled off. I think it's the first time I actually kind of rooted for Tech. Of course, I felt very dirty afterward, but if you saw the game, you'd know what I mean.
Next weekend, UGA plays at home against Marshall. Never heard of them before this season. I do know that they gave #8 Ohio State a real scare on Saturday, just about stealing the day. Ohio State pulled off just one of the many come-from-behind victories for the day.
September 13th....I don't see how it's possible that we're already half into September, and a week out from the official start of autumn, but it is what it is.
Oh, you know, I was kind of wrapping up there, but I want to say this: I don't know what's going on with these purportedly falsified documents about Bush's service in the Nat'l Guard, but if it turns out that the falsification was either done by one of the news outlets, or that a blind eye was turned to verfication of the documents, it sure isn't going to look good for Kerry, no matter his role (or non-role) in this thing. I guess we'll see what happens.
9.08.2004
Now this is really interesting...John Kerry with a gun that he fought to ban a year ago, but yet he is proud to own it today. Check it out. (I'm not sure how long the link will be active)
9.07.2004
Woo! Gooooooooo Dawgs!
First football game of the year for UGA was this past Saturday. It was a home game at Sanford Stadium against Georgia Southern, a I-AA school in southeast Georgia. We didn't exactly whip Ga. So., but it was a good first game. And we won, by 20, which is nothing bad. You should've all been there, it was a great time.
This coming weekend is the UGA v. South Carolina game in Columbia, SC. I'll be catching it on TV.
I had a pretty good Labor Day weekend. My parents and younger sister and bro-in-law spent the night up at my place on Friday night (we all rode over to Athens together for tailgating and game). We went out to Steak 'n Shake for dinner, which was really good...mmmmmmmmmmmm. They came back for a little while after the game on Saturday night. On Sunday, Hilary's parents and brother came up to play tennis and have dinner. As a side note, Hilary's parents haven't played tennis in a loooooong time, but they seemed to pick it all back up quickly. They completely took us kiddies to school.
Monday was a lot of nothing. Slept in late, then went to check out the stores to see what sales were going on. Didn't really end up getting anything, just wanted to be a part. Plus, I thought it'd be nice to get out before the hurricane came.
And it came around bed time last night. I swear, I'm going to get a chain saw and trim down the tree outside my bedroom window. The winds usually cause it to brush softly against the screen window, but the winds the last few nights were just slamming the thing against the window. Right when I thought I was going to get back to sleep, the thing would start banging on the window. If I'd had a chainsaw, I do believe I would have been out there in the pouring rain and gale force winds leveling the noble pine.
Maybe not a chainsaw, but something...I'll make sure this isn't a problem later. Well, I'll probably just call maintenance.
First football game of the year for UGA was this past Saturday. It was a home game at Sanford Stadium against Georgia Southern, a I-AA school in southeast Georgia. We didn't exactly whip Ga. So., but it was a good first game. And we won, by 20, which is nothing bad. You should've all been there, it was a great time.
This coming weekend is the UGA v. South Carolina game in Columbia, SC. I'll be catching it on TV.
I had a pretty good Labor Day weekend. My parents and younger sister and bro-in-law spent the night up at my place on Friday night (we all rode over to Athens together for tailgating and game). We went out to Steak 'n Shake for dinner, which was really good...mmmmmmmmmmmm. They came back for a little while after the game on Saturday night. On Sunday, Hilary's parents and brother came up to play tennis and have dinner. As a side note, Hilary's parents haven't played tennis in a loooooong time, but they seemed to pick it all back up quickly. They completely took us kiddies to school.
Monday was a lot of nothing. Slept in late, then went to check out the stores to see what sales were going on. Didn't really end up getting anything, just wanted to be a part. Plus, I thought it'd be nice to get out before the hurricane came.
And it came around bed time last night. I swear, I'm going to get a chain saw and trim down the tree outside my bedroom window. The winds usually cause it to brush softly against the screen window, but the winds the last few nights were just slamming the thing against the window. Right when I thought I was going to get back to sleep, the thing would start banging on the window. If I'd had a chainsaw, I do believe I would have been out there in the pouring rain and gale force winds leveling the noble pine.
Maybe not a chainsaw, but something...I'll make sure this isn't a problem later. Well, I'll probably just call maintenance.
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