So Fresh and So Clean Clean
March 29, 2006
An oft-overlooked benefit of short hair: The Shampoo Mohawk!
Once 7 years old, always 7 years old.
They hold no quarter.
March 28, 2006
Yesterday evening, I was sitting with my friend Katie, enjoying a beer or few at Molly’s. Everytime I’m in there, I discover something I had not yet seen before. As you can imagine, that’s alot of discoveries.
Anyways, I look at the jukebox, and specifically the note written on it:
No Quaters. Perfect. We pretty much say it without that first R anyways, why write it? Yeah, someone did add in an R later on, but let’s just ignore that.
That’s something I kinda want to incorporate into an odd little flier, and go staple it down on the CL10, the Callio, and Dr. Yads.
We had a really good laugh at that. Apparently the bartender who wrote it was working and it has been there for months now.
PSA: Identity Theft
March 28, 2006
How many of you, through friendster/livejournal/myspace/etc. Fill out those quizzes/memes where you generate your “superhero name” by combining the street you grew up on and your nickname?
Ever think about what kind of information you are putting out there? Ever think about how the “security questions” on various websites (cell phone, home phone, cable, isp, bank, etc.) use the same info?
Look at this “meme”, and think to yourself what you have put out there:
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street name)
2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your dad’s side, your favorite candy)
3. YOUR “FLY GIRL/GUY” NAME: (first initial of first name, first two or three letters of your last name:
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite animal, favorite color)
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother’s maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet’s name)
7. JEDI NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom’s maiden name spelled backwards)
8. PORN STAR NAME: (middle name, street you grew up on)
9. SUPERHERO NAME: (“The”, your favorite color, the automobile you drive)
Just think before you give out all your info. Identity theft is a bitch.
The House that Peterbilt.
March 27, 2006
I got an apartment.
It’s a ~1,000 sq. ft. 2 bedroom in the Marigny. Central A/H, washer/dryer inside (wheeee!), no storm damage, newly renovated, parking spot. $1200/mo.
Tomorrow I drop off rent/deposit, and can start moving in during the week. I took on a roommate – my friend Christy. She’s been in a ~250 sq. ft. efficiency uptown at $750/mo. She’s a good kid, and we get along fantastically.
This will be very good for both of us, and I can’t wait to get everything back on track again. I have already put a move order on my phone/dsl line – the estimated install date is April 6th, and the dsl should follow a few days after. We’ll see how it works out.
If it is done in a timely manner, I think I’ll bump up from the 3Mbps/384Kbps plan to the 6Mbps/512Kbps plan. Mmmmm, speed.
God Harp is in the T.V. Laptop
March 27, 2006
Just what I need, lemme tell ya. I have relied on my laptop so much over the past months, between being stuck in Texas, N.C., or couch surfing here in NOLA.
Saturday afternoon, I was sitting in my living room (Molly’s, at the end of the bar), getting some work done, and the guy next to me asked if he could pull up a website.
I say sure, open up a new tab in Firefox, and rotate it over to him.
What does he do? He knocks half a pint of Harp into my laptop. Inside of two seconds of The Wettening™, I had flipped my powerbook over and removed the battery and powercord.
So now that all is mostly dry and crunchy, I feel a bit disabled,a bit gimpy. I still have my Treo, and while it may have an SSH client, it doesn’t have applications like Fireworks and Photoshop. In another day or so, I’ll disassemble the laptop and begin the cleaning. Hopefully all will be good. If not, the hard drive should be fine, and homeboy will cough up $1800 towards a new MacBook Pro.
And no, he doesn’t have a fist-sized hole in his chest. I exerted every ounce of restraint and grace during this situation, believe it or not.
She loves a Circus
March 24, 2006
You know I have this thing for making up new words, and then bolding and trademarking the aforementioned word?
Well, tomorrow night at 10pm at One Eyed Jack’s (a mix of the Shim Sham and El Matador) on Toulouse, there is a Liquidrone/Bingo show.
Yes, that’s right, it’s a Bingodrone™ show at El Shamador™. It’ll be fun so come out, because deep down, you love a circus too.
New Citibank Ad Campaign.
March 20, 2006
April Winchell (one of my favorite, if sporadic, blogs) posted yesterday about her severe dislike of the Citibank “Live Richly” billboards (samples).
She decided to start up a contest with the best spoof. I decided to go ahead and make my own:
I’m going to go ahead and sumbit it to her. If you want to make you own, the font needed is OCRK Bold Square, approx. 36px. If you can’t find it, or don’t want to buy it, do what I did: Go here, input your text, take a screenshot and crop, paste, move around. Rinse, repeat until done.
If you do create one, post the image or a link to the images in the comments. I’d love to read them. Hell, even if you don’t come up with an image, but just the text, comment it.
Now with 600% less hair.
March 20, 2006
So I did it on Wednesday. It was just time. No reason in particular. Just decided to do it.
And yes, it will be donated to Locks of Love.
Before:
After:
They’re not the best photos, but eh. You get the idea. Might post up a better one when my center part goes away more.
My friend Savannah did it. She recently opened her own shop. Go there, it’s awesome.
Pinche Migra te esta esperando.
March 17, 2006
My office is on Howard Ave., one block away from Lee Circle.
For those of you who don’t drive by, Lee Circle is day laborer central, as of late. Throngs of illegal Mexicans (and US Citizens, but far fewer) gather here in the morning for work.
About 30 minutes ago, there was a huge bust by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). They all pulled up in what appeared to be their civilian cars, and rushed the parking lot. Mexicans went a-runnin. Those that stayed either were legal, or knew they’d get caught. Some of the logal black guys were heard commenting on how they were glad this happened, because now they’d be able to get some work.
I don’t have a problem with the Mexicans here. It would be nice if they’d do things like pay taxes, but right now, we need the work to get done. We need the labor.
And a taco truck wouldn’t be so bad, either.
Anyways, there’s your news as it happens. This is Will, signing off and wishing you a Happy 2nd Weekend of St. Patrick’s Day.
(By 10am, I had already snuck out of work, had a beer at Molly’s, and returned to see the aforementioned crack-down).
By the time I took this, most had already been taken away.