Jason Chappell

Massive Migraine Headache

Thu, 09 May 2002 12:57:43 GMT

Going to sleep

Woden's Day

Wed, 08 May 2002 12:43:35 GMT

I need a mental health day really bad.

They did cancel the American Embassy. So much for good tv.

List of 5 (Favourite Video Games)

1. Diablo
2. Final Fantasy Series
3. Duke Nukem
4. SimCity
5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

All Lit Up Again

Tue, 07 May 2002 12:36:05 GMT

I actually slept pretty well last night. It stormed and now I have that damned headache back. At least the wife didn't keep me up all night again. Boss is gone again. No goofing off today though. Lotsa work to get done.

Today's list of Five (tv shows I watch)

1. Boston Public
2. Simpsons
3. CSI
4. American Embassy (if it ever comes back on)
5. The Screen Savers

Good Weekend, Sleepless Nights

Mon, 06 May 2002 13:17:08 GMT

Had a pretty good weekend. We went to see the Cards against the Braves Friday. What a sad game that was. Spent Saturday painting and gluing on my model. I am still working on my new website. I get so far and seem to stop, so I am changing my focus. I am going to change the back end first, then finish updating the index page. Gonna be a busy week.

Today's list of 5 (movies I want to see but haven't)

1. Spiderman
2. Star Wars: AOTC
3. Panic Room
4. Sum of All Fears
5. The New Kid

There's a lot more, but then it wouldn't be a list of 5 huh?

Thank God Its Thor's day!!!!!!!!!

Thu, 02 May 2002 13:00:02 GMT

That means it almost Friday!

I spent a good deal of time last night reformatting my journal, and then working on my person homepage. Gotta love tables.

I haven't had a decent night's sleep in weeks. Lately, I have been having strange dreams. Not necessarily nightmares, but disturbing none the less. Usually I have these when I have been hard core gaming on some FPS. I haven't done that in a while. I have spent a good deal of time with my new hobbie of modeling. I have put together a BMW Z8, a Dodge Charger from the movie Bullitt. I am working on a Mustang and a racing Camero right now. Don't you just love free form/stream of conscienciousness writing? I used to hate it in school, but now I have grown to appreciate it. Oh well.

I started the list of 5 a while ago, and then promptly stopped doing it. Any ever read this journal? I doubt it. I am looking for suggestions for list of 5 topics. Please leave a message with your ideas and I'm sure I'll find time to come up with a list of 5 things about it.

Anyone out there use the Franklin Covey planner? I bought one real cheap, but I can't get off my ass and use the damned thing. It sits on my desk during the day and in my briefcase at night. I have a palm pilot too, but I don't like to use it. We are an Outlook company and I just can't merge the Frankilin with the Outlook yet.

Ok, here's today's list of 5 (Programs I use daily)

1. Outlook
2. IE6
3. Excel
4. Oracle Database forms (homegrown)
5. Winamp

testing a new style

Wed, 01 May 2002 23:52:22 GMT

Tired but done.

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:32:34 GMT

I am finally done with the billing. Now it's month end and I am swamped all over. well have a good one.

God Awful Tired

Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:27:57 GMT

I got to work this morning at 5 am. I have 99% of this damned billing done. As soon as my boss gets to work I am outta here.

Ever deal with people at work who are completely clueless? I seem to have my fair share around me today. A asks B a question. B responds to A. A isn't satisfied with B's answer so he asks B to give him someone else. B gives him C, D, and E. A asks C, D, and E the same question. C, D, and E respond to A that B knows the answer to A's question. What will A do now?

Billing sux

Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:51:12 GMT

I am still along ways from being done. I have a sinus stress et al headache. Life sux right now.

blah blah blah

Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:54:11 GMT

I am almost through with this damned fac business!!!! Then I have hours of vouchers to create, but at least that's mindless work

It's a sunshine day...

Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:05:45 GMT

Come on people... Spank my monkey!

Almost time to Go home

Mon, 22 Apr 2002 18:52:36 GMT

I really should work some OT tonight, but I have accomplished more today than I did all of last week. Not much else going on here.

How was your weekend?

Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:57:42 GMT

Mine was waaaayyyy too short. Saturday we did a little shopping and I spent the afternoon finishing my model. Sunday we did more shopping and then we went to the Brewery. I got a good amount of sleep last night, but I am stressed over work, so I feel like I am a ZOMBIE today. well, I have massive amounts of work to get done today.

TGIF!

Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:21:22 GMT

Another week is drawing to a close. Thank god. To recap ... I spent most of the week doing the Annual Reports for Dick, Wednesday we had no power and were forced to sit here in the dark and heat, Thursday I had to stay 2 hours late ugh!

List o the day -

Classes for men at our local learning center for adults - sign-up by April 25th.

Note: Due to the complexity and difficult level of their contents, each course will accept a maximum of 8 participants each.

Topic 1 - How to fill up the ice cube trays. Step by step, with slide presentation.

Topic 2 - The toilet paper roll: Does it grow on the holder? Round table discussion.

Topic 3 - Is it possible to urinate using the technique of lifting the seat up and avoiding the floor/walls and nearby bathtub? Group practice.

Topic 4 - Fundamental differences between the laundry hamper and the floor. Pictures and explanatory graphics.

Topic 5 - The after-dinner dishes and silverware: Can they levitate and fly into the kitchen sink? Examples on video.

Topic 6 - Loss of identity: Losing the remote to your significant other. Helpline support and support groups.

Topic 7 - Learning how to find things, starting with looking in the right place instead of turning the house upside down while screaming. Open forum.

Topic 8 - Health watch: Bringing her flowers is not harmful to your health. Graphics and audio tape.

Topic 9 - Real men ask for directions when lost. Real life testimonials.

Topic 10 - Is it genetically impossible to sit quietly as she parallel parks? Driving simulation.

Topic 11 - Learning to live: Basic differences between mother and wife. Online class and role playing.

Topic 12 - How to be the ideal shopping companion. Relaxation, exercises, meditation and breathing techniques.

Topic 13 - How to fight cerebral atrophy: Remembering birthdays, anniversaries, other important dates and calling when you're going to be late. Cerebral shock therapy sessions and full lobotomies offered.

"Upon completion of the course diplomas will be issued to the survivors."

Power Outage

Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:51:38 GMT

What happens when you get to work at 6.30 am and there's no power? They make you sit in a hot cubicle until it returns. That's right folks. I have spent 7 hours out of a 7 hour and 45 minute day in the dark, hot cubicle that is my life. I am out of here soon thank god.

Later that day...

Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:22:58 GMT

I am hungry like a mofo. I am cutting the carbs out of my diet to help lower my triglycerides. I am starving all the time now. I need some meat!

Well I have accomplished a little this morning, but not enough to make a dent in what I have to do.

Techno burnout

Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:35:01 GMT

I just realized that I have Techno burnout. I am way too wired for this world. Cell phone, computer, psx, psx2, dvd, vcr, TV, home theater system...aaarrrggghhh

I have too many e-mail accounts. I really need to consolidate them into one useful utility. I have too many passwords and usernames. I had to create a database just to keep up with them.

I have several blogs that I never use. I have a half assed web site that I haven't maintained in two years. My palm pilot has become a crappy game machine to pass time in the john.

I upgraded my computers memory last night. I made the mistake of going down the laptop aisle. Now I want a new toy. oh well.

I have work to get done today. More later.

HEADACHE!

Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:58:58 GMT

I have an ungodly headache today! One meeting went pretty good. It's always nice to show people who are saying that you don't know what your doing that you do and that it's their people who can't do their jobs.

Monday Monday, Can't stand that day....

Mon, 15 Apr 2002 12:30:11 GMT

Ok, last week was the week from hell and this week is going to be the son of week from hell. I have been here an hour already and I am tired and stressed and have accomplished very little.

Good news about my blood tests. Just high triglycerides. Too much soda and carbohydrates. I am still waiting on the results of the MRI.

I could use about 6 more hours of sleep.

Brain Games

Thu, 11 Apr 2002 17:16:23 GMT

Well, it has been a long morning at work already. I go get my MRI today. My doc called last night, but I missed him. Never had a doc call me personally and at night even. Hope the blood work is ok.

Here is today's list of 5: Disease I could have

Hypertension
Cancer
sinusitis
anemia
diabetes

Almost time to go home.

Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:39:59 GMT

It's been a long day. I got nothing done. I did actually work hard to day instead of hardly working. I have a lot left to do before the end of the week and month for that matter.

AAARRRGH!

Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:57:26 GMT

I have been working on this damned report for almost 4 hours and I can't get it to run correctly!

Day 5

Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:27:03 GMT

To work or not to work... that is the question of the morning. Or rather How to look like your working hard, when your hardly working.

Today's List of 5: Movies

A Clockwork Orange
Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail
Gladiator
American President
Matrix

Stay tuned for more List of 5's....

BADGED!!!

Tue, 09 Apr 2002 18:57:00 GMT

Well it finally happened. After 19 months of not having to wear a badge, we were issued them. At least they aren't heavy. And my picture isn't too bad either.

I am headed toward a meeting that I know will be long and arduous.

Wish me luck.

Dennis Miller's Death of Class Rant

Tue, 09 Apr 2002 16:37:42 GMT

Death of Class
3/29/02

Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here but while there are still people in this country who have class, more and more Americans are freeing themselves from its bonds and celebrating their inner mullet.

But that's nothing new. The 13 colonies were the place that the loners, the losers, and the wanderers came to escape the rules and the formalities of the European continent. And what better way to get back at the Europeans for centuries of criticism and snobbery on the matters of culture and class than putting the Eiffel Tower on the Vegas strip?

Seriously, you want to see Americans with class, go to an all-u-can-eat buffet restaurant. My favorite is the family of four box-shaped individuals, one has side-burns, three don't, who barrel in wearing matching pre-stained jogging suits and high-fiving each other when they score a table within arms reach of the food barges. They line up and bow before the adversary like sumo wrestlers, then engage in a five-minute flurry of polyester and animal fat that would make John Waters wince. They then mule-train back to base camp and proceed to dig in like trapped miners running out of air. After 20 solid minutes of communicative grunting, only briefly interrupted to spit gravy on a napkin fire started by cutlery sparks, the sated quartet of carbo-toadies pushes back from the table, chair legs screeching like a stopping train, eyes the dessert bar, and lets out a long, loud, hauntingly harmonious burp so filled with yearning that it would bring tears to the eyes of an opera critic. Then the one with side-burns says, "Does my lady care for jello?" Now that's class.

And let's stop pretending anyone cares about finding the perfect wine in America, okay? It's really easy. Screw-off cap for company, boxed wine for leisure. Strawberry Zinfandel goes with Filet o' Fish or Chicken McNuggets while Boone's Blackberry Ridge should be reserved for McRibb or a Quarter Pounder. America's ripe with slobs who won't drink any wine unless it's so sweet, every time they take a sip they look up to see if the Kool-aid man is crashing through the wall.

But I will admit, even I was a little taken aback by the crass commercialism of "Celebrity Boxing." Not the event itself, but the way they put ads for an online casino on the backs of the boxers. Is nothing sacred?

What's wrong with celebrity boxing? Who wouldn't be fascinated by the thrilling spectacle of two potato-shaped former child stars pounding the life out of each other just for a few extra nanoseconds in the spotlight? Some say it points to the downfall of society, but I say, "Let's see more blood." Why not exchange those boxing gloves with bags of broken glass. Then we'll see how cocky that Bonaduce kid gets when Greg Brady swings that deathbag like a transvestite resisting arrest. Okay, maybe it's not Masterpiece theatre, but it could be if we could convince Dame Judy Dench to duke it out against Maggie Smith.

I don't understand the popularity of these fucking subtitled foreign films. Hey, if I wanted to read a book, I'd buy one on tape.

When I was growing up I always thought the perfect example of class was Jane Hathaway from The Beverly Hillbillies. There was just something about the way she kept her equanimity no matter how poorly Mr. Drysdale's craven behavior reflected on the bank. Later I realized Ms. Hathaway kept everything close to the vest because if she let it all go she'd be trying to talk Miss Ellie into sharing a hotel room in Palm Springs for the Dinah Shore golf classic and they'd have to cancel the show.

Folks, there's no escaping it. We are Americans. Our houses are on wheels, our sofas are on our porch, our frying pans are filled with Steak-ums, our Sears denim jackets are Bedazzled, our front yard bathtubs are filled with the Virgin Mary, our driveways are littered with broken Big Wheels, our dogs have three legs, our back yards have satellite dishes bigger than our house, our cigarettes don't have filters, our old tires are used as planters and our love of God and country is so strong we are even willing to miss bowling for a night to stay home and help our neighbors get their house back up on the cinderblocks. We're all just one "Sexiest Grandpa" T-shirt-purchase away from returning to our glorious hick roots.

If we want to be honest with ourselves, we simply must stop using the stigmatizing term "white trash." Because, let's face it, this nation has more colors of trash than Elton John's dumpster. People of all races, creeds and national origins have assimilated into this great American melting FryDaddy through the vigorous exercise of the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of crappiness. You give me an immigrant from any thousand-year-old, refined, sophisticated culture and I guarantee you, by week's end, we will have him throwing a forehead-crushed beer can at the TV set during WWF Smackdown, yelling, "Dat ees focking boolsheet!"

Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.