Adaware and Spybot are not perfect. I still get popups and both programs say my computer is clean. I updated the definitions for both programs. I still get popups. More recently when I try to start my dialup connection, it will work and I'll connect. But then a minute or two later, it will fail and disconnect because another connection is trying to start. Odd... because I only have one dialup connection. So I go to the network connections page and lo and behold a second connection is present. *I* certainly didn't make it and it is disconnecting me from the Internet. Best of all it is named "jigallo." Now although I do commend this spyware author for his humor, my computer does not need to be connecting to the "jigallo" network, lol.

I need to reformat before I go back fall semester anyway. Clean ship and start anew. Which reminds me, I need to buy some DVD-R's to store all my data and stuff before reformatting... *makes mental note* Maybe I can get them at Wal-Mart *grin* ``

Later.*kiss*

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Has anyone ever been to a car auction before? I went to one yesterday for the first time. It was interesting. A large lot of cars you could walk through and look at. Then they drove one by one into a garages where you were sitting and you bid on them. Highest wins. The auctioneer was pretty cool. Your stereotypical announcer speaking fast and quick and loud and pointing and staring at bidders. I was deathly afraid to fix my hair, or scratch my ear out of concern I would place a bid for one of these vehicles. Not that that would be a huge investment as most cars went for around $400. Actually one went for $100 and one car for $50! Now mind you these were not top of the line cars, nor were they middle of line, and in most cases these cars were so far doen they would not even see the line.

Though they all did run, because they drove them into the garage to bid on them so at least you knew the car moved. I was waiting for one to die right on the bidding floor, but to no avail. It was fun, though boring because I went with Brian and his friend Adam. Adam was going to buy this car, we looked at it and he wanted it, said he was willing to pay $1200 for it. It was car #73. So we wait in the room for 72 auctions to go by, took a little over an hour 15 minutes. His car came up and the auctioneer says we start the bidding at $1200, silence, $1000, silence, $700, silence. We look over at Adam and are like are you buying this car or what? And he says "Umm... no I've decided not to get it." What?! You made us wait here for hours so you could get this car and then you don't even want it? Anyway on the bright side you did automatically get entered into a drawing for 4 prizes of $25 each. I didn't win any of the drawings... but the possibility was still there.

I saw Spiderman 2 the other night. Actually Tuesday at midnight for the first showing! It was really cool. I want to see it again, in my opinion just as good if not better than the original. The characters are very 3 dimensional and complex. Not your typical comic book characters. I thought Toby Maguire and Kirstin Dunst did a great job. Dr. Octopus was ok. He definitely got a chance to show off the special effects, which by the way are amazing. The fight on the train.. man.. And there was a lot of humor in it too. I found myself laughing a lot, something I wasn't expecting. Good setup for a 3rd movie. Perhaps I may find the movie more exciting than other people because I didn't know what was going to happen next. I never saw the cartoons or read the comics so it was a mystery to me going in about what would happen. But regardless you must see this movie, especially if you like the first one.

Important dates:
Today, my birthday :-) 3 days to the 4th of July, 12 days until the 13th of July and 25 hours until I get to go home for the weekend. ``
*smiles*
Later. *kiss*

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Many interesting callers today at the help desk.

One person was just overly happy for the circumstances he was in. He had just lost all of his data and all the data of his colleagues. Apparently they've been storing all of their data for the past who knows how many years on this server and today all the folder disappeared, like not there anymore. So you'd think he'd call up all panic stricken and frantic, but no. He's got to be the most kind and considerate caller I've had yet. He asks me how my day is going and how I doing. He's all laughing and making jokes. Just interesing. Perhaps he was in shock.. and humor was the only thing he could think to do. I don't know. I'm just glad I was able to help him. Got him in contact with the network backup people and they got all of his stuff back. So that was good.

Another lady just loved to cuss almost as much as Scott Avery. It was crazy. And the third person was.. well. When I give instructions I try to do them step by step so that the person can follow them. For this girl I apparently was going too fast for her. I knew there was going to be trouble when I asked her to close the open window and she asked how to close the window. "Click the X on the top of the window." "What? Click an X?" "The red X in the upper right hand corner of the window" "Ohhhh, now I see it." *smacks head* She then proceeded not to know what or even where the Start button was. Or what was meant by the term "right-click." I mean I don't expect everyone to be an expect, but for someone is today's world of computers to not know what the Start button is?? That I just found odd/interesting/sad all at the same time, lol.

This post was much longer and interesting and humorous. But my browser messed up and the entry went away. So you're just going to have to trust me that this was the most hilarious, thought provoking piece of prose written this side of the Mason-Dixon line. And if you don't... I'll just have to integrate your derivative straight up your asymtote! `-)

Later. *kiss kiss* : )

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I raided my roommate's DVD collection yesterday and watched Tears of the Sun. It was an ok movie as far as war movies go. I usually don't like them too much, if at all. The only other war movie I liked was We Were Soldiers. That was just an awesome movie. I think that had something to do with the fact Mel Gibson was in it, but anyway.

I did a little house cleaning too. No! Not that type of house cleaning! Cleaning off my computer. `` Trying to rid it of spyware. I didn't completely succeed, but at least now 6 windows don't pop up everytime you click a link. Which was what was happening by the way. Now one pops up every 20-30 minutes or so which is awesome! I can now surf in relative peace. But man.. sometimes I just get the urge to whack a monkey with a mallet and win $18 million...

You know last night around midnight or so I think it was, I was talking on the phone and all of a sudden my door flys open. Standing in my doorway is this girl with a superman shirt on holding an aluminum can of some sort. I'm staring at her trying to figure out why she decided to bust into my room, like "do I know you?" She looks at me and says "You've got one too!" Then smiles and laughs and walks out of the room. Ok... that was officially weird. One can only assume she was drunk as I've never seen her before and she comes busting into my room at midnight. Needless to say I proceeded to lock my door to prevent any other drunken hoodlums from invading my room. Lol.

Random question I heard the other day and want to know your answers. ``
If I were a road sign what would I be?

Later. *smiles and kisses you*

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I can't believe I totally forgot to say anything about this in my previous blogs. On Sunday I went to my friend Brian's brithday party at his house. It was pretty cool. Like 12 or so people muttering around his house which was a fairly good decent size, and by that I mean big. Upstairs, ground level, and a complete basement. It really shouldn't be called a basement for it was the same size of the other two floors. A big long driveway, two garages, 3 cars, 1 boat, 2 4-wheelers, and 1 monstrous racing motorcycle. That motorcyle was almost as big as a car. Looked like one of those huge Kawasaki bikes you'd see going 150 mph on ESPN. Nice big backyard, and a lake! I mean a lake in your backyard.. if that isn't one of the coolest things.

So we hang out doing random things until the burgers and hotdogs are done for eating. Picnic by the lake and then Brian gets out one of the 4-wheelers. He offered to give anyone a ride through the woods that wanted one. So I said why not. Strapped on a helmet and hopped on the back and he took off. This was just too cool! It really felt like some kind of video game or something. You know that Bond 007 ride at King's Dominion? The one where you're strapped in to the chairs that move and on the screen you seen bond first person. The seats move with the action on screen so you feel like you're really there. Exact same feeling riding on the back of the 4-wheeler except it was real! You actually feel the wind. So cool. Well then after a little while Brian stops and asks if I want to drive. Hell yeah, lol. So I get in the driver's seat and Brian's showing me where the brake and gas and everything are since that's a very useful thing to know. `` So he sits in the back and says "OK let's go. Oh and Chris, the gas is very sensativ..." At that moment I hit the gas not registering what he just said and *vrrrrooom" off we went. Brian said later he thought I was going to pop a wheelie for a second. I didn't but kicked up a large amount of dust behind me. `` Then he took me through this trail in the woods. Up and down hills, water, big tree branches, inclines, uneven ground with holes and roots everywhere. It was soo much fun.

So then after lunch we all went inside and started playing a Texas Holdem poker tournament with chips and everything. Learned how to play besides what I had picked up from watching the world poker tour. `` In between hands Brian would take someone out to his porch for a little shooting. He had two guns out there and a little paper target taped to a barrel about 150 feet or so away in his backyard. He had a rifle (not sure what kind) and a .22 revolver. Now I have never fired a gun before in my life, save one time 5 years ago when I shot a shotgun. So he was telling me about the chamber and the sights and the trigger and everything. So I get up to fire the rifle first. Take my first shot and I see a little cloud of dust right at the base of the barrel. So I checked where I was aiming in the sights and took the next shot. The paper target moved. Hit one, yes! I ended up hitting the target every time after that. 9/10 with the rifle. Then I got the revolver and that felt strangely natural to hold. Probably because of all the Time Crisis I've played. But anyway, I hit the target with all 8 shots! Go me! 17/18 target hits my first time firing. Oh and then later Brian let me take one shot with his SKS assualt rifle. And let me tell you one round is enough. Stupid me didn't put on ear protection and when I fired that thing it was like I was holding a cannon. There was this defeaning roar as I could literally feel the bullet leaving the gun barrel. I had this ringing in my ears for like 10 minutes, it finally went away, but man that was cool.

So then we all just sat out by the lake. I tried my hand at fishing, but didn't catch anything. We built a little camp fire and just sat out by the lake until like 1 am or something making smores and marshmallows and whatever else. Fun times.

So that was Sunday, yesterday was a completely different story entirely. I went grocery shopping and the store had these awesome "self checkout" stations. No cashier or bagger. You scan all your items through the machine and bag them yourself. It was so cool. Then a story on the way back. I just got off from work and I was walking toward campus to go back to my dorm like I usually do. On the way I pass this bus stop, and a bus just happenned to pull up at the same time I was walking by. I hadn't planned on going shopping today, but I figured since the bus was right there, why not, lol, sponteneity. So I go to the store and go back to the same bus stop I got off at and waited. There was a little sign posted on the bus stop sign but I didn't pay any attention to it. Waited for about 15 minutes and no bus. So I was tired of sitting and stood up and decided to see what the sign said, "Attention: Busses no longer service this stop after 5:30 on weekdays please use the stop by the McDonalds." Sure enough it was 5:45. So I trek over to the McDonalds. I'm kind of hungry and start walking inside the McDonalds to get some dinner. As soon as I walk in the door the bus shows up. So I run outside and just make it. Inside the bus its just me, the bus driver and this other guy. This other guy was weird. He had on some muscle tank top shirt and some short, and I mean short jogging shorts, and a visor, must have been like 60 years old. He kept talking to the bus driver about good chinese restaurants and how everybody should visit Chicago at some point in their life. Odd. Anyway the bus gets on campus and I realize I have a decision to make. The street we were on goes straight and then either turns right or left. Left is where my dorm is. Now, there are two kinds of buses, blue buses turn left, orange buses turn right. I didn't look to see which bus I had gotten on. Rather than risk the bus turning the wrong way I got off one stop back. I walked on the sidewalk watching the bus and it came the to the intersection and turned left.. -_- lol. I just shook my head.

So that was amusing. And to cap off this entry I have more quotes from my calculus professor this morning:

Prof: It's hot in here. Who knows where the thermostat is?
Student: *points to it on the wall*
Prof: Thanks.
(He walks over to it and when he touches it the face plate falls off leaving exposed wires and the circuit board showing)
Prof: Umm... well there used to be a thermostat...
(Turns and keeps on teaching, lol)

(Finishes writing a proof to a formula that takes up the *entire* board)
Prof: So there is the proof of LaGrange's Theorem.
Students: (silence)
Prof: What? You're not excited? I just proved all those formulas from the last chapter in one fell swoop!
Students: (still silence)
Prof: Oh, come on! This is one of those moments where you should be like "Damn math works!"

LOL
*smile* 7
Later. *gives you kiss after kiss after..* =)

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Must... blog... OK sorry I just snapped out of it. Can I please offer a piece of helpful advice? If you ever take a summer course do not make it a 200 level calculus course and expecially not one that meets at 8:00 am. That is just a bad idea. Hehe. Nah, the class isn't that bad, it's just the time that causing my troubles. Someone needs to invent a consciousness pill... million dollar idea right there.

Today was a first in a math course for me. The entire 2 hours and 15 minutes went by covering 3 complete sections and *not a single number* was written on the board! Every thing was letters. No numbers for the whole class. And you know what the scary part is? I actually understood it. I should have taken a picture of the board after him explaining the epsilon-delta definition of a limit. The board looked like one you'd find in A Beautiful Mind or Good Will Hunting. Almost as many Greek letters as regular letters. Equal signs, every type of inequality, absolute value, square roots, it looked crazy. But again the scary part is that is actually made sense...

Hahaha, I'm still laughing at my prof. He really is funny, though he doesn't try to be. At least I don't think so. But his accent makes anything remotely funny sound very amusing. Here's a few exchanges that have gone on the past few days:

Student: We have too much homework.
Prof: No you don't. You're getting the same credits as a normal class, so you have to do the same amount of homework as a normal class.
Student: But this isn't a normal class, its squished into four weeks. You should give us less homework.
Prof: No. You're argument is vacuous.
Student: Vacuous?
Prof: Yes, vacuous. It sucks.

Prof: So... *writes on the board* this turns into y^2 + 3x
Student: Woa woa woa
Prof: What?
Student: Where'd you pull that 3x from?
Prof: You mean out of whose ass?

That last one really made me laugh. So unexpected and the really funny thing was that he said it with a straight face. It almost makes getting up at 7:00 am worth it... almost... lol

Later. *gives you infinity plus one kisses*

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