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The Helicopters Are Following Me
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| CISSP |
[Nov. 10th, 2008|10:51 am] |
I don't know how long I can keep up this studying pace. I am studying for the CISSP in the midst of taking a class with a huge group project. Luckily, we are in the home stretch with the class. My final is the same week I go to the CISSP boot camp and take the test. I know what to expect from the final, so I can do what I need to prepare before hand and just do a quick review the week before and take the test as soon as it becomes available. I do not want to be taking the CISSP boot camp and have to worry about studying for my final.
( TLDR: CISSP Information Overload )
Once this is over, and I've passed my class and the CISSP exam, I will be happy. I'll get some more time back. Luckily, Tina has been very supportive of school and my CISSP. I do get everything done around the house (and then some) and spend time with Addy, but I'd like to do more. I've been considering either taking two easy online classed, or not taking any school at all, next semester to just relax and spend time with the family. But I would probably just end up studying for another certification like CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) or CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate). Naw, maybe I'll just do school and over the summer take off from school and do a cert. |
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| To my Battlestar lovin' friends... |
[Nov. 8th, 2008|08:14 am] |
Couldn't afford that Jean Luc Picard flute awhile back? How about an MKII? Or the picture of the "unknown soldier"? All that, and more, can be yours now! |
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| Can you hear me now? |
[Nov. 7th, 2008|12:26 pm] |
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[Nov. 5th, 2008|05:51 am] |
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VIVA LA REVOLUTION! |
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| I Hate The Simpson's... |
[Nov. 3rd, 2008|09:06 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | hrn, ioa, simpsons | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
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| | XTC - Ballad of Peter Pumkinhead | ] |
..ride at Universal Studios. My wife and I went to Universal Saturday night for Halloween Horror Nights. We discussed going on some of the rides that are still open, after we completed all the haunted houses. The only ride I hadn't been on was The Simpson's ride, 'cause it just opened. Now, I never liked Back To The Future either. Simpson's, same thing. I get very motion sick. Immediately, I will break out into a cold sweat, become disoriented, my head will hurt, and I get very nauseous. Saturday night was no exception. I should have just waited in line with Tina, then waited for her at the end. I didn't enjoy the ride AT ALL. The wait was somewhat enjoyable because of the fresh new Simpson's material which was made for the ride, along with the original voice cast. Unfortunately, even though it was a very cool night, the line to wait is like a gerbil cage. Today I am still feeling the effects of the ride/associated migraine. I may end up going home sick once my basic work is done (This is even after about a total of 4 migraine pills this weeken d). I am very sensitive to the motion simulator rides. I cannot even again ride the Spider-man ride at Islands of Adventure. Hell, even the Hanna Barbara ride they used to have at Universal was too much. If the motion I am feeling does not match up with what I am seeing, my body freaks out. I can usually get away with riding roller coasters, but I try to stay away from them until the END of the day at a theme park. When I was first dating Tina we had to cut our visit to a theme park short because I started feeling sick. So, needless to say when we go to the theme park with Addy, I will be sitting on the sidelines with her, unless she loves those rides.
Oh, that reminds me, I have some really cute Halloween pictures of Addy as a monkey. I just have to figure out getting them up here. So, look back for updates. |
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| Oohhh.. meth! It's minty fresh. |
[Oct. 30th, 2008|10:06 am] |
I found this for a commenter in ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) customers_suck. It was in response to a story about a meth addict trying to buy 30 boxes of psuedophedrine.
( Warning: Drug reference )
It's so catchy. I can't get it out of my head.
Remember kids, drugs are bad.. hhmmm..'kay? Stay in school, don't do drugs, listen to your parents. |
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| Tr2n aka Tron 2 aka Bestest Movie EVAR! |
[Oct. 29th, 2008|09:20 am] |
IMHO, the original Tron was the best hacking movie evar. I hope this one follows in it's footsteps. Jeff Bridges is back, along with the directory (who I think is producing it), and the effects team. WOOT! The video quality sucks, but it still gave me chills. |
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| Marxistwho? |
[Oct. 28th, 2008|01:19 pm] |
I respect Barbara West for asking the tough questions, but WTF? Connecting Obama to ACORN signing up bogus voters, because he was their lawyer back in '95? Asking if Biden thinks Obama is a Marxist or that Obama wants to turn the US into a socialist country? OMFG, Bush has all ready done it with the bailout!
I was interviewed by Barbara West with my Big Brother, because we were in the Big Brother Big Sister organization... I think she thought I was a Republican, because she went light withher questions.
In this interview with McCain she looks in love. Every question looks like a softball pitch (and I'm not talking about those lesbian softball pitchers either). These questions sound like they were taken right from the Republican handbook. In stark contrast to the Biden interview, she does not continually hit McCain with hard follow-up questions, she lets him answer the questions without interruption... ugh
I've read that her husband is a political and media consultant for the Republicans. It shows.
Ok, here is a side-by-side playback.
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| So Long And Thanks For All The Androgynous Elves.. |
[Oct. 21st, 2008|01:54 pm] |
I've been sorely disapointed by OOTS (Order Of The Stick - orderofthestick). I understand the guy has some chronic health issues, but the guy still continues to write comics. At least he can write them with a basic plot and story line, instead of some weird quasi rambling that .. oh, look! A bunny! I get that enough quasi rambling when I post, I don't need to read it 3-4 times a week. It was fun and entertaining when I first started reading it and I was playing catch-up from the beginning, the storyline was quick and progressing with the few short, but fun trips off the beaten path... but lately my cat on LSD could come up with a more coherent storyline. |
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| It's All Geek To Me... |
[Oct. 15th, 2008|06:12 pm] |
I downloaded an MKV video file, but was unable to play it using the default Windows Media Player 10. I found K-Lite which is a pack of misc video and audio codecs. After installing it jacked up my WMV codec, which I NEED to have because of my online lectures for school. I'd tried various uninstalling and reinstalling codecs, searching online and FINALLY came to a solution. No, it was not to reinstall Windows Media Player 10 under Vista, because it is so integrated into the OS you cannot do it. There was another solution, which is a good thing, because for the past few days I've been dragging my work laptop back and forth to watch the lectures. It turns out simply installing the latest DirectX 10 has fixed the WMV codec.
WOO! I'm excited, and if you want to install K-Lite , please deselect the WMV codecs 'cause WMV is propritetary and the ones with K-Lite are not written by Microsoft.
I should have remembered this fix 'cause when I used to do tech support I would often rely on DirectX fixing everything and anything especially audio and video. |
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| I'm scared.. |
[Oct. 10th, 2008|05:56 pm] |
I had this theory that someone had built a time traveling craft, stole the thoughts from my head, and then came back only to impliment them the day after I think about them... but that is rediculous. Someone is just reading my thoughts and they offshore my ideas to China. My ideas are made into reality instantaneously and inexpensively.
The latest example is the remake of the mini-series V. I shit you not, I thought about how wonderful a reboot of V would be with modern effects... Well, it turns out that ABC tapped Scott Peters (creator of The 4400) to bring it back.
I'm worried now. I need to go home and wear my tinfoil hat. |
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| Cthulhu Calenstetics |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|11:43 am] |
"Sweating to the Old Ones".
That's all. If I had more time I'd 'shop something together. |
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| Outtakes from Dr. Horrible? |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|08:16 am] |
No, I didn't think so. Well, what other genuses could rhyme paparazzi, Luca Brasi, and Yahtzee? |
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| The Bailout Failout |
[Sep. 29th, 2008|02:31 pm] |
Ok, the House of Reps failed to pass the bill. There were a lot of no votes because people are scared for their re-election.... 228-203 was the vote, or something close to that.
My manager said it would violate export control laws for me to move to Canada and VPN into work. There goes that idea. |
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| CISSP |
[Sep. 22nd, 2008|07:53 pm] |
YEAH! I've signed up for the bootcamp. If, anyone at $MEGACORP wants to go, I can give you the course code for LMS. My department has all ready signed up. |
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| CISSP here I come. |
[Sep. 19th, 2008|01:06 pm] |
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After getting my CompTIA Security Plus certification I told my associate manager that I am setting my sights on the (ISC)2 CISSP. I emailed him and asked to be considered for the next CISSP boot camp. He told me we could put it on my learning plan. This morning I heard from my manager that the same instructor who taught her boot camp is returning. This instructor has a 71% pass rate for his students taking the CISSP, which is HIGH! I immediately went to talk to my manager who was all ready coming to talk to us about enrolling people into the boot camp. There are three people on my team who want to take the CISSP and two allocated spots. My team lead declined her spot immediately because she has not finished her Security Plus, which left myself and my co-worker. I'm on pins and needles because my manager submitted our names for the class and she is taking a long lunch. I do not know if we made it in or not.
Both my manager and associate manager have been very supportive in obtaining certifications. The department paid for my Security Plus ($250), while I paid for my Network Plus because I took it before I was an employee. They will also pay for the boot camp and the test for CISSP because after a week of training the test is taken that Saturday. The test alone is $550. My manager also gave me two books for the CISSP and paid for my membership to ISSA.
I'm so friggin excited! |
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| Addy Update |
[Sep. 14th, 2008|08:15 am] |
We just went to the doctor, she is 27 inches long (90th percentile) and 17 pounds 10 ounces (75th percentile.. unless I mixed the two up). She has three teeth in her head. Two on the middle bottom and one on the top right. She just ate her first table food, an Olive Garden breadstick. She is still rolling, front to back and back to front. She sits up on her own unaided for awhile. Still has a healthy belly laugh which is so cute. And she also spits all the time. My cousins, who watch her during the day, were incouraging the behavior we asked them to stop and they didn't really appreciate/understand our concerns until Addy started spitting food at them.
I had uploaded videos of her belly laugh and eating the breadstick to YouTube, but was deleted per Tina's concerns. :( I think I need to pay with it, because I want to be able to share these videos with our family. I don't know if I can set it private so just people I want to see can view it. |
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