Actually, I would just hope that Megan gets better so that Megan would actually be better.

Oh, I forgot to ask you guys something.

My friend Megan had to have surgery late last week, so she's feeling rather under the weather. If you guys could, take a few minutes today and send her some happy, healthy mojo, so she'll get better faster, and go shopping with us for girly things again sooner. ^^

Thanks guys. ^^

So, I've been quiet of late. There are multiple reasons for this, the major one being: My computer kept crashing.

Now, I hear some of you (Cliff) saying, "So what's new about that?", but trust me, this was bad. My computer wouldn't turn on sometimes. It crashed 4 times in 10 minutes one day. It's taken about 6 different experiments to realize that something inside my tower is overheating. So now my computer is running with it's side panel off, and hopefully this will keep things functioning properly.

The other reason for my short absence: I threw out my back.

"How?" Dave asked so expertly.

I was jumping on bubble wrap.

Yes, I know. Bubble wrap is a dangerous substance, known for it's hazards, but I had to risk it. My friends film *needed* my jumping talents, so I did my best. I wear this injury proudly, as a sign of my bravery and prowess at bubble-wrap jumping.

Seriously though, it hurts like a bitch, and sitting in my computer chair takes a lot of effort, even now, when I'm half recovered. The doctors at the Student Death Center (Health Center my ass, usually they barely know what they're doing) realized there might be an actual problem, and gave me drugs this time around. Actually, I'm being harsh, the lady I saw Thursday was quite nice, and did a lot more than the first lady did. The medicine she perscribed was quite lovely. It's a muscle relaxant, and it has the wonderful ability of turning me into a squishy puddle of goo. Suffice to say, I won't take it and drive. That'd be hazardous to my (and other driver's) health...

But that's it for me. So I leave you with something that Cliff told me:

Remember, read the Surgeon General's warning on bubble wrap before you go about popping it.

And knowing is half the battle. ^^

You have to love party aftermaths...

So, after the madness that was last night, the party wrapped up around 3ish. Some people crashed at my place, some headed home. We got about 1/3rd of the way through the Purity Test, much to our amusement. Another party will be held at a later date to either redo or finish said test. Some of the reactions were quite humorous.

The apartment wasn't really badly trashed. It looked bad, but about 30 minutes of cleaning had the place back into pretty good shape.

I'd love to tell you more, but my sinus headache kicked into high gear today, so I'll try and recount more later. Loads of fun, huh?

I'm coming out, so lets get this party started.

I was just informed that "It is now time for me to make my party post". I wasn't aware that it was that time yet... but I guess it is.

We auctioned the single guys off and Momo from the RLR channel bought 3 of them and is coming to get them, as we speak.

Greg showed up, in a typical manner of trying to throw himself through the unlocked door and failing. (He says he banged on it with his foot) So Cliff was enlisted to help him carry not one but TWO computers back up to the apartment. On the way they found my brother Tim, who apparently rode down in the trunk of Greg's car. This is an amazing feat considering two things: One, Tim lives in Eureka and Greg lives in Rancho Cordova, which if you look at the map are considerably apart from one another. Two, somehow I think that in the battle that would ensue should Greg try to get Tim into the trunk of his car, Tim would win. Reading this comment aloud led to a comparison of what weaponry exists within the cars of the men involved (in other words, a chance to prove who had the biggest dick, which doesn't matter because we all know Liz has the biggest dick). So that's the commentary thus far. We were supposed to be on the air 15 minutes ago.

I'm... uh, well, I'm coming up, so you'd better get this party started...

Click the webcam to see the party in action (when we get it started, anyway.) And we'll apparently be on Real Life Radio some time tonight. I have no details on that. Just check it when you feel like it. We'll make more posts on The Touched (which I'm not hyperlinking 'cause you're already there dumbass) tonight as the party continues. Enjoy it while you can.

So I thought I should post something to make this blog more than "Cliff's Release of Insanity".... so here I am.

I have nothing to say really....

Really... I don't.

Why are you still here?

Stop looking at me!

Mommy!!!!


Oh, also watch us at out party Saturday on the webcam... it'll be fun!

DJ-Devinoch is once again on the air. You should be fearful. You can go directly to the stream here or go over to the Real Life Radio site to find out how to chat AND listen.

Tomorrow morning, I get to deal with the state. How fun, huh? Some days I wonder why I can't get a job like this, calling people up to give them shit about living.

Hell.

Well, I haven't done a long post in a while and I should probably fill everyone in on what's been going on with me, because while it can seem like nothing, it's really a lot. Or maybe it's the other way around, it's hard to tell.

So, good news first -- yes, Christy and I are dating. Yes, we know many of you saw it coming. Thank you very much. I'm very happy about the whole thing and that's the most important thing.

Now, the not so good news. Yeah, I'm still unemployed and still on the job hunt. The hardest part about the whole thing is not losing your faith. It feels like I've sent my resume out to every corner of the globe thusfar and that no one really seems interested. I had a phone interview with Cryptic a few weeks ago, but they aren't looking to hire for another month or two, and that's tough to hear. After a while, it's almost like you've seen every job listing there is and sent them at least a copy of your resume, maybe called or faxed them. Hell, some days I feel like going door to door and knocking on these companies until someone gives me a job would be a good idea. One of my friends from Westwood has found himself a new job, and he said it took him a little bit, but still, it felt like he was doing a lot more interviewing and that people were more interested in him than they were in me. It's tough, not letting your spirits slide.You have to keep telling yourself -- you're not a bad person, you're not a bad employee, you do in fact have some worth as a human being. I know the job market is rough, believe me I know, and I know that my industry is not necessarily the most stable of places, but it's disheartening.

And I'm not just looking in the gaming industry, for those of you who are convinced I'm being narrowminded about my search. I'm pretty wide in looking at anything I'm even remotely qualified for. Writing, editing, production, design, PR, marketing ... shit, I'm one step away from calling up Best Buy and looking to see if they need assistant managers. Maybe I can go work in a record shop and totally transform my life into "High Fidelity". I don't mean to get down, but I'm frustrated. I feel like I'm already banging the drum so loud my hands are going to give way. But still I worry. What if it isn't the market? What if it is me? I'm tired of being at home every day and not feeling like I'm accomplishing anything professionally. I want to get back to work and get back out there. I want to be putting in hours and collecting a paycheck and feeling like I'm doing something with my life... *sigh* ... I know, I know, it's not that reassuring to all of you, but it is the biggest problem in my life right now. This constant fear that I can't pull it together.

Who knows... E3 is in a few weeks, and I'll bring copies of my resume there and schmooze with as many people as I can, see if I can get anyone interested in me. I think I have a lot to offer any potential employer, I just have to get them to hear me say that.

946 AM PDT MON APR 21 2003

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS AND BAYS...

SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATED THAT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE COASTAL WATERS AND BAYS
THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS
MORNING...AND WITH INCREASING COLD AIR ALOFT...FUNNEL CLOUDS
ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND BAYS.

MARINERS AND BOATERS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS AS THE STORMS PASS...AND ARE URGED TO
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.

I have this sudden urge to go out to cliffs and watch for a few hours...

It was a longass show, but I had a lot of fun. I covered for the guy after me and the guy after him needed me to cover for about 40 minutes after that, so I was on the air about 4 hours and 40 minutes. Which was cool by me. I've got to figure out what to do with the huge ass file now, though. I think the first two shows will take one CD by themselves... But I had a blast, so be sure to swing by next week. Who knows what I'll be playing then... I do take requests, though.

In other news, my E3 badge arrived yesterday, so I'll be off to hobnob in LA next month. We'll see whoever's there there. Christy's not coming, but just about everyone else is. You'll be able to spot us easily. We'll be the geeks. *evil grin*

And watch, as penance for claiming that Greg and Liz created Real Life Radio, DJ Devinoch is (was) coming at you for 4 1/2 hours this past Thursday. But the real treat of Real Life Radio happens Sundays at 9 PST with the Greg, Liz and Mav show. And you can catch DJ Devinoch Thursdays 8-11 PST.

There, I've whored all you people out over the internet. Go. Revel in increased listenership. Real Life Radio, check it out here.

Bah. I did not mean to imply that it was created by Greg or Liz, merely that you two actually OWN it, not run it. The overlord thing was humor. Apparently I suck at it...

Going on in about 45 minutes. You can go directly to the stream here or go over to the Real Life Radio site to find out how to chat AND listen. So start listening... I want to have 500 people listening tonight, because I will kick ass. Promise.

I would just like to mention that Real Life Radio was not created by Greg. Or myself for that matter. It was created by a few of Greg's friend's about a year ago. It had since died and respawned a few months ago. From there I became interested in it, then got Greg into it. Greg and I bought the Live365 account which RLR now resides and I made the webpage and keep it updated. But it is still very much run by the fans that started it. Just to make sure that no one gets confused or thinks that we are taking credit for something that we completely didn't do. But feel free to check the page out and listen. We like to have people get involved. You can meet everyone in the mIRC channel #rl-radio on gryphon.magicstar.net.

You would think that a journalist like Cliff would make sure he had his facts straight before publishing something. /me looks a Cliff.

Just a friendly reminder to everyone -- my ass is on Real Life Radio again tonight, from 8 - 11 PM PST. This week's show includes requests from last week as well as random shit I decided to throw out. There are guitars. There are drums. There are strings. There are brass instruments. There are singers in their early 20s and singers well into their 80s (or would be if they were still alive). There is a cover song that has to be heard to be believed. Seriously, I mean, what else are you doing on a Thursday night? Stop, listen, enjoy DJ Devinoch over on Real Life Radio. You can also follow the instructions and go hang out in the chat channel of mIRC to talk with me while the show's in progress. It's prerecorded, but I do take requests for next week's show... sooner or later I'll do a live show. Anyway, remember to go see it... Real Life Radio You know you wanna...

The answers are all there, just couched in the English language....

I could post something to end the confusion regarding the wearing of clothes and such, but really, this is just too amusing to watch.

If ya e-mail me though, I'll answer any and all questions. ^^

And for the record, I like technology, but it hates me.

...

I just tried to put a carrot down my shirt... no more chewing carrot sticks and typing at the same time for me...

So it looks like we're back up again... you have to love technology...

And we are down again... maybe?

I'm choosing to ignore that remark...

You sir, are a brat.

I guess what I'm saying Christy is, in response to your earlier remark, you should stop feeling sorry for yourself.

*grin*

What exactly does that mean Cliff? What are you saying but not?

Uh, you WEAR her clothes...

Six comments? And you feel disappointed? I just feel really sorry for your girlfriend. Really. Really Really Really. But I love her clothes.

Devinoch: Lion face, ROAR! Lemon face, OOOH. Lion face, ROAR! Lemon face, OOOH.

I dunno...mabe I'm the only one that finds this ammuseing =)

Yes, we were down a few days, but now we're back, from outer space... and we just... never mind. I don't feel a song coming on.

So for those of you who haven't heard, I go on the air tonight at 8 p.m. PST and won't be taken off until 11 p.m. PST. It's not a paying gig, but it's free radio. Actually, it's Real Life Radio, created and controlled by our generous overlo...*ahem* benevolent friend, Greg Dean. My show broadcasts from 8-11 on Thursdays, and I will be playing all sorts of things. The first week's playlist is all over the place and it only get crazier next week. So swing on by tonight and take a listen. I'm only gonna get better with each one, so this first one'll be a little rough, but I think it holds promise and will be filled with musical oddities from all sorts of places and times. For my friends who can't listen in, I may be able to burn you an MP3 CD of the show, but I'm not yet sure. 3 hours is a lot to cram into something. We'll see how it turns out in the end. Anyhow, if you have the time, feel free to swing by Real Life Radio tonight and give a listen. While I'll be hanging out in the chat channel, my show is on tape delay (which lets me get up and do shit while I'm playing all this wonderful music) so don't expect requests to go through until next week. Still, I do take'em... and then I burn'em! Muhahahahaha! Or ... something.

Oh, and you'd think news of The Touched Bachelor closing would draw more commentary. If it's closed, that means I'm no longer looking. And if I'm no longer looking, that means that some crazy woman... er, lucky lady, has scooped me up as her very own. This, apparently, isn't news. *shakes his head* You people disappoint me some days...

I will one day be able to pronounce the word "echinacea."

Some day.

I have been hanging around Christy and Cliff too long, and I have been reading Penny Arcade too long. And yes, I'm blaming you two, it's always your fault. ^^ Everything can now be made into a sex joke.

So I'm in my Intro to Weather and Climate class this morning, and we're talking about atmospheric pressure. The professor (who's our age, or some age seemingly too young to be teaching this class. For chrissake, our TA is older than the teacher...) is demonstrating the equal amounts of pressure on human beings using a book. He asks us, "So, why doesn't the pressure force the book to fall over? Because the pressure is equal on both sides. There are molecules banging against the left side of the book, and molecules banging against the right side of the book, equally." But he's saying 'banging', and all I can think of are these molecules having wild sex on the sides of the book.

I know I'm wierd, but it gets worse.

So the professor's trying to demonstrate what happens to the human body when there's a loss of pressure. Since the cells exert a certain amount of pressure to balance out the forces outside your body, when some of that pressure is removed, what happens? He's hemming and hawing, and saying most of us have experienced it, and then gets more flustered, and uses an example of putting a vacuum cleaner tube against your arm. What has happened to area of your skin after you remove the suction tube? I'm cracking up in the front row, while the rest of the class is still sitting there going, "Duh...". The professor finally gives up and says, "It's a hickie, folks. That's how you get a hickie." I swear, you could see the enlightenment on the frosh's faces, it was hysterical.

So my class on meteorology and climate turned into sex ed. Whee...

We died? Why is it that I'm the last to know everything?


Was there a memo? I've been traveling again. Must have missed it.

Who died? I have a head cold, but dead? Not hardly...

I hate headcolds.

We died.

Hmmm...where did everyone go? o_0

So...this is not a post nearly as much an announcement...if you wish to own any of the following games and just haven't bought them b/c they are too much someone at Blockbuster that decides the prices for the US fawked up royaly and marked them all for $20 brand new (stickers will say $49.99, but should ring up $19.99...I know my Metroid Prime did so have em scan the game before buying). So if you want these I recomend running to Blockbuster NOW before they fix the typo (and these are Brand New NOT used).

Ratchet and Clank

Mech Assault

Metal Gear Substance for Xbox

Metroid Prime

Resident Evil 0 for Gamecube

*heads back down to Blockbuster cakleing maniacaly to get Mech Assault*

I would just like to state for the record that TheTouchedBachelor@hotmail.com is now closed.

And I don't know why I posted it as a link if it's closed. That and I had to consult e on the html. Must mean bedtime. Night.

Okay, it's time for a heartfelt plea. And it's totally due to self interest, so bear with me.

If you guys aren't doing anything this Friday night, or Saturday afternoon, or Saturday evening, and you live in the Santa Cruz area, then may I suggest an evening at the theater?

My directorial debut, "I'd Rather Be Dead" is having it's final performances this weekend at the Louden Nelson Community Center auditorium, Friday at 8pm, and Saturday at 2pm and 8pm. We've had barely any audiences these last two weekends of our run, and it's a funny, amusing, entertaining play.

What really rests on this, is the fact that this theater group might disappear if we don't make get an audience and make a little money. I've been working with these people for over a year now, and I'd hate to see Lupen Entertainment go under. So far our biggest audience has been about 25 people. The theater holds 250. It's kinda depressing, especially for me as the director, so this is why I'm asking you guys if you'd be willing to give the theater a shot, forgo a movie this weekend and see a fun show, if you live in the area. If you live in, oh, Nowhere, North Dakota, by all means, go see that movie. But I'm just asking if some of you who live in the area will enjoy a play with me. ^^ Is that too much to ask?

For more information on the play, and the group I work with, take a peek here.

Thanks guys. I appreciate it. ^^

Yes, I posted this on Nekobox, but I want as many people to see it as I can get. I want people to see this show, and I want our theater company to keep producing shows. So, if you can, please come.

*walks up to microphone* *ahem*

I don't really have much to say. Lets put it this way. I absolutely hate a little fat bitch that runs a certain internet company who has no business saavy what-so-ever. Who needs to try to pressure you by staying with their company. But in order to pressure you he has to play stupid high school guilt trip games. I wish that some freak accident would occur and all the little shitty bastards that can't seem to pass the age of 14 would all just disappear. *sigh*


*walks away from microphone*