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Snow day!

Posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 08:01 in National Politics by Dan

We’ve gotten at least 8 inches so far, and it’s still coming down. RIC morning classes are cancelled, for one. This is something I am not entirely sad about.

In other news, AIG posted a record US corporate loss…and still is asking for a $30bn standby line of credit. AIG CEO Edward Liddy was on Today this morning and assured us that the insurance arm of his company was safe and sound. He further stated that his plan is to sell the insurance division of AIG to raise money to pay back the Federal Reserve.

It is the opinion of this blogger that all these so-called “bailouts” (which are more like “uses of taxpayer money that accomplish even more of nothing than usual”) need to stop, and it might even be argued that wholesale nationalisation of the firms in question would be a better option. If you’re going to do any of it, might as well go all the way. And besides, if there’s going to be misuse of taxpayer money, it’s better that the government does it rather than a private corporation (which isn’t intrinsically accountable to the American people).

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Address to Congress

Posted on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 21:14 in National Politics by Dan

So here I sit watching the address Obama made last night (since I fell asleep). And one thing I notice, especially when he is talking about his tax cuts, is that he is actually sticking to campaign promises, almost to a T (like the whole under-$250k bit, which we heard about before he was elected). Obviously, he won’t be able to deliver on everything he talked about due to the current clusterfuck on our hands, but it is nice to know he is at least trying, rather than pulling a bait-and-switch on the American public. I am somewhat skeptical about his claim that we will be the most educated nation by 2020, but then again I am a pretty cynical person who has as much faith in the public’s ability to act intelligent as I do in God (which, if you know me, isn’t much).

Really, the only part of his address I took issue with was the claim that America invented the automobile. Because we didn’t. But other than that, I wish Obama the best in pulling together the shambles of what is left of our national pride after the Bush regime.

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Major

Posted on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 13:03 in School by Dan

I think I may have decided on a major. What could it be, you ask? It’s Communications. Specifically, I now again want to be a journalist. 

So why the blog post? Because I want to pretend I already am a journalist.

That’s all.

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Elsewhere

Posted on Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 at 18:36 in Personal by Dan

I am now a Mac snob.

Also, I’ve finally moved out of SK and in with my mother in Pawtucket. This is something I had been thinking about for a while, but there was an event that kinda kicked everything into action. And while I am slightly relieved as to who I no longer have to deal with, I am sad. I am depressed. I am lonely. I miss Lydia so much. I know I will soon start to miss my friends.

I’m trying to find a job up here. I’ve been taking the bus down to SK to see Lydia. I seriously cannot put into words how much I miss her. I do get to talk to her online, but it isn’t the same as seeing her. I really don’t know what else to say about it.

The end.

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Musings

Posted on Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 22:43 in Ranting, School, Work by Dan

Today was my last day ever at South Kingstown High School.

And I’m decently numb to it.

Here’s my situation. I’m graduating, but not with flying colours. In fact, it is a nigh-surety that my admission from UMD will be rescinded. I’d love if it wasn’t, but some things just cannot be denied or stopped.

And honestly, I don’t care all that much.

As I sit here waiting to be disowned by my douchebag father, I’ve been pondering quite a few things lately. He doesn’t approve of my relationship firstly, and my current semi-employment status doesn’t help matters with him, and before he didn’t even think I was going to graduate. Now that I’m graduating, it’s still not good enough; he’s pissed that I “could have gotten into a good college.” Little does he know that I honestly won’t shed a single tear if I end up going to RIC. I really won’t. I put in my deposit there, and honestly, I have no reservations about sticking around in RI and staying at my mother’s. Hell, it might do me some good. Anyway, all this has lead me to think that his beef is still more with my relationship. Just today he called me “pussy-whipped.” Like he is one to talk on this front, eh? Go figure. Either way, after almost getting kicked out a few times, and still having to put up with his crap every time I see him (he can’t even say “hi” when he sees me without giving me a lecture…it really starts to get old, you know), I really need a change of scenery. Even if my mother doesn’t personally approve of what’s going on, at least she’s nice enough to respect my choices.

Yeah, I know that I might make matters worse for myself down the line, but oh well. Not everybody has to conform to the model of a perfect human in JCP’s fantasy world. There are so many different paths one can take, and not one of them is the “right” way.

Dan out.

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Hi, my name is Dan

Posted on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 17:04 in Hardware, Music, Work by Dan

So much since the last post…in Februrary?

Let’s see…well, first I got contacts, which I really like now, since I can actually see really well. I have decently severe keratoconus in my right eye, and I have hybrid hard/soft lenses that correct for the astigmatism caused therewith (Synergeyes KC…they work extremely well, even if I had quite a bit of trouble getting them in and out of my eye at first).

Then, I started going out with an amazing girl named Lydia, and we’re two months going strong, and she makes me really really ultra positively happy…

Then I almost got a macbook pro, but not really.

Then I am semi-employed by George’s, but I’ve yet to actually work a shift yet…

Then I was thinking of leaving Madonna and Child, but I’m still trying to decide…we’ll see where that goes.

Then I was accepted from the waitlist at Northeastern and today is the decision deadline but I honestly don’t think I’ll be going there.

Then today I am home listening to Duran Duran and Alanis Morisette after being with Adam and his check engine light flashing (misfire on cylinder two) and the car started running really rough and he had it towed.

Then the end.

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New Stuff

Posted on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 at 13:16 in FreeBSD, Graphics, Hardware, Music, Operating Systems, School, Software by Dan

So, a bit has happened since the last update from the Dan-front. For example, I’ve been accepted to RIC and UMass Dartmouth so far (waiting on all the others still).

And with this foray into the world of post-secondary education comes the ever-elusive need for a laptop: sure, I might be able to get by if I just brought fez with me to uni, but I need a laptop, and that’s that!

Well, here’s some background. I started out as an Amiga user. I dabbled with Macs in elementary school, but was forced into the PC world like most people. I tried to rebel by running Linux and FreeBSD, but I could never be as hip as those PowerBook-toting gods.

Until now.

Basically, I knew before the hunt even really started that I wanted a Mac. Yeah, I used to bitch and moan when the Intel transition started, but I guess I’ve accepted defeat. And things aren’t all bad, I guess. I’ve used my friend’s MacBook quite a bit for recording with Madonna and Child, and it just reinforced my beliefs that OSX is probably the overall best desktop OS the world has right now. Sure, it may not be the absolute finest technically, but it’s pretty, and you can run shitloads of proprietary apps that we all need (Photoshop, anyone?) and open-source Unix apps side by side. How cool is that?

Honestly, this is what I need. Trying to do anything music-related on Unix is almost an absolute disaster (FreeBSD is right out for this, linux makes things a little better but it’s no walk in the park). I think the guys at Apple have figured out the multimedia thing pretty decently, though, and using windows is right out for me anyway.

All I’ll need is a MIDI interface and a firewire audio interface and I’m golden. And that’s just the music side of things. As some of you know, I only run windows these days to use Photoshop, because I can’t stand the Gimp. Now I can stay in one OS and do everything I need to do.

So anyway, my friend Joel has a previous-generation Core2 Macbook Pro 15″. And he says he loves it. I am looking at this model because I have this giant phobia of buying a machine that has no way to access its internal bus (i.e. the lack of an ExpressCard/34 slot on the MacBook). Plus, the backlit keyboard is just plain snazzy. And since the padre has offered to buy a laptop as a combo birthday/graduation gift (contingent on me giving him fez, something I have no qualms with), it works out nicely (no more selling off synths!).

So there you have it.

Dan out.

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Thoughts

Posted on Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 at 19:54 in Photography, School by Dan

The second post today, I know. Maybe I’m just doing this to procrastinate. That’s most likely.

But I had some things I felt the need to share with the world, most likely to possibly garner reassurance from people who are feeling the same way.

My concerns are multi-faceted. My first major concern is that of all the responsibility I now have on my shoulders, and all the work that has yet to be done, and the deadlines that I have (if I haven’t missed them). As you may know from an earlier post, I do, indeed, want to go into photojournalism. But for now, this is somewhat of an abstract goal. Where to start? Well, sure, I could go into journalism at just about any school, and emerge with some qualification. But the field itself is fairly hit-or-miss from my understanding. I sure hope I am wrong.

This lack of solid direction will likely prove to be my undoing. As deadlines come and go, and as the weeks creep up on me, and all I do is fuck around on my weekends, constantly procrastinating, I feel more and more detached from the situation when I should be shitting myself out of concern. And even when I do have plans and ambition, the slightest seed of doubt in my mind derails the whole thing and I’m back to square one. For example, I had the idea to possibly move down near Meghan for my first year or two, but now I don’t even know about this anymore, as she initially brought up the fact that it might not be a very prudent course of action. This single seed of doubt has almost ruined any drive I have left to do it. I still want to very much, but the unsurety mixes with my state of denial at how life is about to hit me like a freight train, and nothing happens. It’s a very sad state of affairs.

And after all this, I just want it to stop. I have 2 papers due for tomorrow, one of which I’ve written a paragraph. The other I haven’t started. This is just one example of how shit is all the time.

…Wow. That’s all.

Dan out again.

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Local Eateries Update

Posted on Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 at 17:45 in Food, Internet, Music, School, Weather by Dan

First, the house is now wired for ethernet. Yay.

Second, Madonna and Child is, indeed, auditioning for the talent show. I finally bought some power strips, and we had our first practice in over a month today (with Chris on bass).

Third, go to Papa’s Bistro in the emporium. It’s fucking awesome.

Fourth, it’s snowing. Snow more.

Dan out.

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Schedule

Posted on Friday, August 24th, 2007 at 13:45 in School by Dan

Normally I don’t mention that…place on here. But I figured I would. Here’s my schedule for this year.

Q1:

  • A: 339 Alg. Topics A – Faella (don’t laugh, I slacked off last year…)
  • B: 902 Gym (NOT PE) – Vellone (hahaha)
  • C: 624 Computer Apps – Lloyd (waste of time…)
  • D: 442 Physics IB – Ottilige (B due to no pre-calc, yay)
  • E: 173 Literary Drama 12 – Josephson
  • F: 220 AP Italian Lang/Cult IV – Magliari (not again!)
  • G: 580 Honours Int’l Relations – Matteson

For quarter II, I have “SK104″ (whatever the fuck that is) with Cabral B period. For III, I have gym B period with Vellone, Creative Writing 12 with Meyer E period, and Symphonic Band with…who else, Mattera (C period). For IV, I have Health with Bush B period.

That’s all. Dan out.

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