The Stream of Bode's Consciousness

Close encounters of the creepy, disturbing kind.

2006-06-14T11:46:00.000-07:00

Ok. So, as many of you know, I work at Papa Murphy's in Chanhassen. Right next door is Rey Azteca, the local Mexican restaurant.
I closed tonight, and got out kinda late (about 10:00). As I walking out to the vehicle, past some random SUV parked in front of Rey Azteca, a female voice says "Hey!"
I turn around, and see none other than "Professor" Bowerman.

(For those who don't go to the lovely, little Mayer Lutheran High School, Bowerman [whose name I am surely butchering] is the ex-Spanish teacher who was greatly disliked by pretty much all the students. She was gone for quite a while last school year for some random organ problems, then came back to many's dismay, and eventually got into trouble harassing some students, and then disappeared for a few days. She had a one year contract, and the fear of getting sued stopped the school from firing her early during the earlier part of the year. But then she got into trouble and disappeared, and they were about to fire her anyway. But she resigned first. And left Mayer for good. [phew])

OK, so I didn't even take Spanish. But she's there, in front of the Mexican restaurant, doing what looks like stocking up on Mexican food. And she starts talking to me. Asking me what I'm doing there, what my summer plans were, if I was taking a language course, etc. All the while I was slowly walking backwards, trying to escape.

When she finally said goodbye, I turned around, started walking, and pulled out my keys. All of a sudden, she yells after me "I'm tutoring someone who's going to be going on a mission trip!" Even after we had said goodbye, she was trying to talk. It was rather pathetic. I just responded with "Cool, cool," and got out of there a few lines later.

But man, was that strange and very, very awkward.
So that's my story.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, it's onlllyyyyy tomorrow...

2006-06-09T20:55:00.000-07:00

Yeah, so I have to take the ACT tomorrow. And you're supposed to get lots of sleep. Which is why I'm staying up to 11 and waking up at 6:30.
The good thing? I've already taken it and gotten a, cough, cough, 31, so if I do worse, it doesn't matter.
The bad thing? I still have to take a 4-5 hour test. And I didn't prepare at all. Which actually isn't different from last time.

Good luck to all the thousands of others taking the ACT tomorrow.

To you I promise...

2006-06-08T22:53:00.000-07:00

So, over the summer, and beyond, I have vowed (or at least decided to possibly, maybe, try) to update this. Regularily. It will be difficult. The road ahead is long and treacherous. Etc., etc.

So, right now, I'm listening to a couple new songs from the up and coming Underoath Album, Define the Great Line on their purevolume page.
I like Underoath. Very much so.

That is all.

New Phone! Soon, anyways...

2005-12-18T20:13:00.000-08:00

So, you might remember that $300 I won a while back from the speech (it has been a while).
Well, my dad severely poo-pooed the PSP idea. He's probably right. I really would get nothing done.

So, T-Mobile just came out with a wicked camera phone, so guess who's buying?
Nice stuff. 1.3 Megapixel camera, slider, 'bout as thick as a RAZR, bluetooth, amazing screen, quad-band...

Samsung t809. $250 w/ upgrade and saying I'll keep the line with them for 2 years.

Not bad. For all school readers, look for it probably Wednesday. Possibly Tuesday if all goes well.

It's Christmas... well, close enough.

2005-11-25T20:52:00.000-08:00

Ok, so Christmas season is officially here, and that means:

Christmas music!

So, I'm importing as much as I can into iTunes. The family has a ton. Probably about 50 CD's. I'm not doing them all, of course, but a few.

Currently, I'm at:
166 songs, 9:04:47 total time, 662.2 MB

Merry Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2005-11-24T20:16:00.000-08:00

Yeah, that's it.
Yeah, I know it's a sorry excuse for a post...

BUT, you should be THANKFUL that I'm posting at all.

So there.

PSP vs. nice Cameraphone

2005-11-21T21:47:00.000-08:00

Ok, so the school play, Brigadoon, is over, meaning I'll have much more time to post.

So, I won this Voice of Democracy speech thing at school, and have $300 (plus other money) to spend. I'm looking quite fondly at a PSP. The last portable gaming thing I've had was a gameboy color in 7th grade.

But I've been wanting a nice cameraphone (one with a decent camera, not those crappy VGA ones that everyone gets).
I've been looking at a Nokia smartphone with a 1.3 megapixel camera, but it's really expensive, especially because I'd have to buy it unlokced (no plan) and transfer my SIM card over. It's $100 more when you don't buy it through the service.

So, yeah, which should I get?

Channel Frederator

2005-11-04T20:30:00.000-08:00

Hey, I've lately been watching this video podcast from Channel Frederator. It's just a bunch of cartoons that are submitted by people and animation studios.

A little info on the guys who put it all together, Frederator Studios:
"We're the folks who originally gave you tons of cartoons including The Fairly OddParents, ChalkZone, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cow and Chicken, The PowerPuff Girls, and many, many more. And now we're giving you even more shorts that we're hoping are just as cool and just as funny."

It's some good stuff, and it's free. I don't care if you don't have a new iPod (with video). Subscribe to it in iTunes and watch it on your computer.

It's free TV-worthy cartoons, and I think it needs some more publicity.

I'll post for real sometime...

2005-11-01T06:09:00.000-08:00

Yeah, so I haven't had time to post, but I'll get a good one in here, I promise.
I have pics from a couple of things I need to upload.
Comment on whatever.

My Happy Place: The Apple Store

2005-10-19T02:02:00.000-07:00

I went to the Apple store ~~today~~ yesterday, to try to fix my iBook. I was trying to retrieve some files I accidentally deleted while doing 2-3 other things, and with my paltry memory it froze. I had to restart it, the directory or something was damaged. (I just backing up and re-instlalling).

While there, I got to see the new iPod, and I can't wait to get mine. I should be ordering it today.

I also played with the new iMac, and it's great. Photobooth is a blast.
And Frontrow is amazing. As soon as they stick it on the Mac mini, I'll buy one my self.

I really could just stay there and play on the computers all day, but they'd probably kick me out. I''d be like the kid at Target who never leaves the video games so others can play.

Oh, and don't even ask why I'm up this late.

What happened to quality Spam?

2005-10-17T23:53:00.000-07:00

What ever happened to quality Spam? I mean, today's Spam is really boring. Remember back in the day when Spam was somewhat entertaining and creative?* Nowadays it's just "Click here to make millions!" or "Click here to see a luscious beauty and here 24/7 webcam" or "Congratulations! You've won!"

What happened to originality? You used to get stuff like**:

"The government has made it illegal to eat the food currently in your fridge. Find out how to replace it with legal food at no charge to you!"

"My cat Stutsey has broken his leg. Sign up here for a new credit card so he can have it replaced and regain his freedom."

Or the classic

"An evil sorceror has broken out of magic prison! Buy Firbie's and build an army to defeat him!"

Ok, I know these examples are lame, but give me a break, it's late.

At least they're better than:
"Click Here! Free iPods and condoms! Free shipping! Get Cash Fast! Free Poker! Big $$! Porn! See Hott Girls Webcams!! NOW! CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!!"

*It is quite possible that Spam never had a better stage. I am making this up for effect.

**This is entirely made up.

Bode's Funky Non-Word

2005-10-16T20:32:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I'm already getting spammed, so I stuck the word verification on.
I've officially entitled it "Bode's Funky Non-Word"

Think of it not as a hindrance, but as an entertaining rest stop on the road to posting.

And I've included a wonderful picture of Spam for you to enjoy.

Commenting

2005-10-16T17:56:00.000-07:00

Hey, guys, I've made it so you don't need a Blogger acount to comment, but it makes you "anonymous"
So, just sign it at the the bottom so I know who you are (unless of course you like to be mysterious).

Update:
OK, I was stupid. Just select other and type in your name.
Or you can be mysterious. Whatever.

And here's a random image from Google:

Look! A Blog!

2005-10-15T22:33:00.000-07:00

Yes, Bode has a blog. You knew I'd get one sometime.

Ok, I'm excited for my new iPod.
I'm going to buy one, as I've been waiting for it since iTunes could store video.
I have to finish my stupid PSEO application first. It should've been done like a month ago, though.

Pictures, oh beautiful pictures: