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vulpine137 @ 1:55pm: Going to be one of those weekends

Got woken up out of a bad nightmare by work this morning, an argument between a customer's switch and our switch ended up with out switch turning off the port. Easy fix, stagged back to bed where I had such issues getting back to sleep. More weird dreams about work, including one where it was perfectly logical for me to bring home a decommed half height cabinet. Still kind of makes sense, in a weird way. Got ready to head down to Amythest's for slave laboring, and found out the plan changed. Some reason this rubbed me the wrong way, probably due to the goofy morning so far. Got another call about the same issue, seems they swapped the customer switch, and again they argued. Glad the fix is easy. Now it looks like we're going to the movies instead of our original plan. Given how this has worked out the last few times I've gone to the movies, I'm not thrilled about this, but oh well. At least I'll get to watch Black Widow kick butt again. (always try to find a plus, even if you're frustrated). Not in the best mood, between nightmares, work calls, and plans changing randomly, I'm meh. But this shall pass. Friends, movie. These are a few of my favorite things. *deep breaths* And as for work, all but three of them are done. One is currently happening, one is tonight at 6ish, and the third is at midnight. That one I actually have to do some foo, but the foo is already prepped. Yay foo. Ok, going to pack up and head to the theater area, get some lunch. Laters gators.

vulpine137 @ 7:55pm: Happy Friday Evening

Well, I'm done with work (well sorta, I'm already scheduled for one call this weekend, Saturday late). Went by some friend's for critter care while they're out of town, then grabbed a burger and came home. Starting tonight's movie fest with 'Mothman'. Jewel Staite, *whistle*. Wonder how she feels about tentacles *wink*

Not much else, was looking at upgrading Cthulhu's Ubuntu install, but I decided I didn't really feel like arguing with Gnome funkyness in the last couple of Ubuntu versions. I'm vaguely curious about installing Mint Linux as it has a Gnome2 (sorta) desktop on a 12.04 style base. Maybe I should get a couple of new drives and install my usual way, give myself a backout. We'll see. Always good to have a restore point.

Geek navel gazing done. Oh look, my favorite problem child is having new issues. *sigh* Oh well, he also doesn't repond very often, so I'll just sit and relax and enjoy the eye candy. And goofy horror.

vulpine137 @ 11:14am: Friday Glorious Friday

Well, it's Friday. Thank Cthulhu. At work, after yet another less than great night of sleep. Couldn't doze off, then I kept waking up. Meh. Got up, got a hot shower (yay) and came to work. Lots of little things today, nothing major. Tonight's plans are my usual, vegging and Netflix. Hopefully a good night's sleep as well. *crosses tentacles*

Not a lot else going on. Work. I get to cover for the boss's oncall this weekend. Not that anything big is expected, but he's got plans, at least he told me before the weekend started. Not much is planned for the weekend, which is good at least. Now to make it til then. By Cthulhu's tentacles, I will relax this weekend.

vulpine137 @ 7:02pm: And not only internets...

I have hot water. Which is good since my shoulder is achy for some reason. Stupid shoulders.

vulpine137 @ 4:50pm: Cable is back

Cancel the torchbearing hordes, all is well with the cosmos.

vulpine137 @ 4:05pm: I should have bet money...

I cancel my cable TV service today...they turn off my cable internet. On hold with a tech at Time Warner. Bundled services, they suck scissors sideways, at least when you try to unbundle them. Note to self, if I ever desire television again, get a completely seperate service.

vulpine137 @ 10:29am: Thursday's Child is Full of Pseudopods

Back to the Pit. So far it's a very quiet day, *knock on wood*. 3 phone calls later I've cancelled my car's oil change for tonight, called the apartment complex to comment that they didn't actually fix my hot water yesterday, and Time Warner to finally get the TV service cancelled. At some point today/tomorrow, I'll need to drive and deliver the box. This should cut the cable bill in half, which would be useful. At work, the big stressor seems to have been moved back, which is good. Now to get though today and tomorrow. I can do it.

Oh, for those rare people who normally read this via Cyberfox.org, yes I know the code appears to be borked. I threw a couple of attempts to fix it at things yesterday, no dice. I'm guessing that LJ changes the code and didn't announce anything, as they often do. I also noticed that other than the LJ updates, exactly nothing else on the page is up to date. I still have a link to Seti@Home for Cthulhu's sake. So yeah, I should probably update all this soonish. Or just leave my almost 15 year old site alone. Who knows.

Didn't sleep well again, more anxiety dreams. This one was set in high school aka a dream I could well pass on. Did kind of get up on time, got to work. Nothing crazy waiting for me, which is always a plus. Now to just make it though the next 6.5 hours and I'm golden. Back to the pit, laters gators.

vulpine137 @ 11:40am: State of the fox

Well, it's Wednesday. Had a meh night, stayed up late watching horror movies, because such things cheer me up. Went to bed, slept badly. Bad/anxiety dreams that I don't really remember. Got up, logged into work. Did tickets, called apartment maintainence in regards to my crappy hot water, watching '30 Days of Night' as background. Not much else of note or merit.

Reading an interesting novel about ghost hunting. Not very scary, but interesting. 'Ghosts of Rosewood Asylum' by Stephen Prosapio. So far I'd recommend it for anyone who likes paranormal investigator stories. Speaking of which, if you like that genre and/or found footage, watch the movie 'Grave Encounters'. It's available for streaming on Netflix. TV Show invesigates an asylum, bad things happen. It's low budget, but it plays well...and it's one of those rare found footage movies that makes some sense.

In other notes that may intrest you lot, Nyx and Whiskey are still doing good at Amythest's place. For a while we were worried about Nyx's eating, but it seems she's doing fine, even gaining some weight. Whiskey is really enjoying having Gibbs and Shadow (Amythest's two boys) to tussle and romp with. And they're both being spoiled rotten. Which is a good thing, as ferrets deserve spoilage. I'm taking notes, so the quality of ferret care improves over here. Yay for ferrets, looking forward to seeing them tonight.

So that's about it for me right now. Looking forward to the end of the day, Amythest time and such. Also hoping that this weekend is calmer and more restful than last weekend. Really, it has to be. *crosses tentacles* Catch you lot later.

vulpine137 @ 7:22pm: Meh and stuff

I want to vent about assorted work issues, but I really can't be buggered to care enough to give a good venting. It's the same problem that's been here in various versions for years. And like every other time I vent, I feel bad for it. So just going to state that it was a less than stellar day, and now I'm home. Watching the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' remake, which isn't bad...just not really good. The original 1984 version still is one of the scarier movies I ever saw. Working from home tomorrow, which is always a plus. Also Amythest and ferret time, which are bigger plusses.

Really, I'm doing ok. Work is beyond frustrating, but it will end eventually. Until then, I have books and movies and friends to keep me sane. And one of these days I'll get a 3 day weekend that actually doesn't have any work associated with it. One of these lifetimes.

mw @ 1:47pm: Health Check - 20120528 (Week 104)
Starting Weight: 153 lbs.

Current Stats
Weight:       155.4 lbs.
Body Fat:    10.8 %
Lean Mass:  89.2 %
BMI:            20.6

Weekly Overview
http://fiberoptic.org/health/fitbit-20120527.html

Workout
M/W/Sa
Two years... whee!

vulpine137 @ 10:42am: Back to the Pit

Don't want to be here. So far it's quiet though, quiet is good. Unless it's the quiet of the universe plotting to really mess with me. *sigh* Last night was less than great, weird dreams and waking up late. Get to work, deal with a badge issue, close a couple of tickets and just try to coast though today. Should hang up a sign "Give a damn broken, proceed at your own risk'. Then again, it could be worse. Could always be worse. Could be better too.

Not much of merit this AM. Hope everyone is having a decent day, and I'll babble later. Laters hominids.

vulpine137 @ 8:00pm: Unleash the Shoggoths of War

So, I decided to go see 'Chernobyl Diaries' today, was fun. But, as seems to be tradition, the second I get out there's texts and emails. *sigh* What I do to earn my princely salary. Oh well, it doesn't really matter.

Oh, as for Chernobyl Diaries, it's not found footage, but it is rather shakey on the camera foo. It's nothing great, but it's not really bad either. If you like 'vacations from hell' movies and vague references to zombies, you'll probably like it. Speaking of 'vacations from hell', I'm watching 'The Ruins'. I think between the two, I'll never want to leave the US again.

*sigh* My weekend of rest hasn't been very restful. There were good parts, but right now the frustrations are singing much louder. Gotta focus on the ok stuff, winning books, short work week, getting paid this week. *sigh* Now to just get through the week, and next weekend I don't care if the datacenter falls into a firey bit, I'm not taking a damn call, text or email. On that chipper note, catch you lot later.

vulpine137 @ 5:01pm: Chernobyl Diaries
Off to go see Chernobyl Diaries. How better to avoid obsessing over work than hiding in a horror movie. Time to unplug.

vulpine137 @ 3:44pm: And then the mood swings back

And just as I write a peeved Twitter/Facebook/G+ post, I get an email that I one a contest and get a new scifi/horror novel from an author I like. Instant mood swing changer. Always good to get new books, free books, and especially books that haven't been released yet. *waves his book addict flag high*

vulpine137 @ 2:12pm: Writer's Block: Mad for Mullets


Why tentacles, of course.

vulpine137 @ 2:06pm: Last day off

Well, today it seems, will be testing my psychic powers for work issues. Seems the migration that wasn't going to happen this weekend, did anyway. I'm guessing the boss did some of the foo, but there was a number of tickets all wondering why $thing wasn't working. *shakes head* So to prevent me getting a text in the middle of being out and about, I'll be vegging at home. Maybe I'll go out to a movie tonight, probably a won't though. If I'm going to be anxious, I'll be anxious in the comfort of Dagon-Moor. *sets guard shoggoths at the gates*

On a completely other subject. It is Memorial Day. This is when we remember who have served. Specifically, I remember Richard J. Kalley, US Army, World War II. James G. Kalley, US Navy. World War II, Bruce L. Kalley. U.S. Army, Vietnam War. Jency Cudney, US Marines, World War II. My father, and my three uncles on both sides. They all served, and I am grateful for them, and for everyone one else gave up their time, their careers, their lives, so I could live a life of my choosing. To those who served, thank you.

Edit: It seems I crossed Memorial Day with Veterans Day. None of my immediate family lost their lives while in the service, the only relative that did die in the military was a great uncle Nelson on my father's side, he died during the Somme Offensive in Sept 1918. Sorry for my confusion.

vulpine137 @ 10:49pm: Sunday vegging

Well today's vegging was a series of movies (Shark Swarm, Nightmare on Elm Street 5-7) and pseudo Mexican food and ferret time. Lots of ferret play time, lots of petting and snuggling Nyx and Whiskey, and Amythest's trio. Nothing helps the mood more than ferret tussles. Came home after, put up laundry. Put on 'Horror of Dracula' in celebration of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee's spawning days. Tomorrow's plans are kind of up in the air, vague thoughts of going to the movies, either to finally catch 'John Carter' at the dollar theater, or 'The Chernobyl Diaries' at the Movie Tavern. Assuming I don't just stay at home. Decisions, decisions. We'll see how spry I feel when I wake up tomorrow.

Not much else, there were more work messages about assorted issues that I handled at Amythest's place. Same crazy customer, I think he's truely intent on driving me insane. Insaner. Insaneist ? Oh well, whatever it is, they're sending me there. Oh well, as in all things, this too shall pass. *crosses tentacles* Laters hominds.

vulpine137 @ 2:15pm: Sunday

Well, still got shades of anxiousness from last night. Doesn't help that I got woken up by work this morning being asked if we have IPKVMs. Umm, not a clue. Then I got asked to setup a port for the afformentioned KVM, then another port for a random server. Now I'm down here at Amythest's doing laundry and watching 'Shark Swarm'. Insert shark snark here. Doing laundry, snuggled my ferrets a bit, trying to veg. No real plans for hanging out, just vegging. Hope everyone is doing good, and I'll ramble more later.

vulpine137 @ 9:58pm: Ok, what the hell?

What the hell, I'm suddenly feeling very anxious. I don't know if it's from rereading some old posts, or just being in my own head a lot the last couple of days. But all of a sudden, twitch twitch. First time I've taken a xanax in a while, yay for happy pills. Not helping that I'm missing the ferrets something fierce today. I'll get to see them tomorrow, and hopefully in a couple of weeks they'll be home. Just got a report on them from Amythest, all is well, they are having fun with the rest of the gang. Still waiting on the drugs to kick in, watching the 3rd Blade movie. Probably going to go bed earlier tonight, no reason to stay up uber late, no migrations tonight. Of course, I do have a notice from crazy customer #1. *sigh* The crazy, it burns. Especially when their request is also vague as heck. So email back with 'Ok, do you mean do $thingie?' Oh well. Things I do for a paycheck. 2 more days off, yay time off. Hope it stays calm and quiet. Ciao peoples.

vulpine137 @ 5:18pm: Ding, code is done.
Well I wrote the code I needed to posting to the Sekret Project. After banging my head against code walls trying to remember how I did something 10 years ago (aka before LJ, when I wrote my own blogging code), I found a different way to connect, using a script within ViM. Since I'll be writing 98% of the site in ViM, it made sense to use ViM to make the posts as well. Going to looking at my cheat sheet for the commands though for a long time, but I can live with that. I also went ahead and added Gallery 3 to the site as well, so I can post eldritch pictures from beyond time and space to the site without having links to Cyberfox.org. Go me. So that's all the geekery I needed to develop, now to write content. Magical, mystical content. Aka the hard part.

vulpine137 @ 4:01pm: Wild Vulpine Weekends

Well, I stayed up way later than I planned. Had that feeling that the second I took myh meds and went to sleep, I'd get a call about the migration that was going on. Finally I saw the switch port light up, so I called it a night. Slept alright, til quite late. Got up, dropped off Netflix at the post office, got a shower. Called Amythest to see if she wanted to hang out, but she was feeling kind of hermitish herself. Went to Half Price Books and abused the credit card, got a bunch of cheap horror movies. Couldn't find any books that looked really good, even in the history or horror sections. Oh well, I do have a to-read pile larger than some 3rd graders. Came home, got comfy, put in the first movie, 'Sea Beast'. Mutant fish verses fishermen. I love these movies.

No real idea of what I'm going to do today besides watch movies. Probably convince myself to get on with the coding. That or be very scared of Twitter, as the posts for Eurovision are coming fast and thick, and full of terror. *yawn* "For the Eurovision entries are dark, and full of terror". I think I'll stick to my goofy monster movies. Catch you lot later, time to find that hidden inspiration.

diabetic_damsel, posting in lokeans @ 6:07am: Help?
I stalked the community a bit before I finally decided that I was ready to come out of the wood works and ask for some help.

I'm a born and raised Catholic who gave up Catholicism over 10 years ago and started to seek out a new religion that I felt more connected with. Over that time nothing really stuck with me but I did become very interested in pagan religions.

After seeing the film "Thor" I couldn't get Loki out of my mind and the way I connected to him when I started to research him as a God and not a comic book or movie character astounded me.

My problem is despite having read up on pagan religions I've been all over the place and never practiced and I have no idea where to start with finally converting over. While there are many resources on the internet and in books I've never wanted to follow any that I've stumbled upon myself as I never knew if I could trust it or not.

I guess what I'm hoping for is some place to start as a pagan and a Lokean.

Thank you for any and all help.

vulpine137 @ 3:07am: Writer's Block: Pigs or Peas?

Meat, meat, bacon, meat. I guess wheat counts as a veggie though, yay for carbs.

vulpine137 @ 9:47pm: Friday Night Rambles

Well, it's been an evening. After I closed up the work foo, I went to the store for a few things. Got accosting in the parking lot by someone wanting me to donate to his church or ministry or something. Wish I'd been wearing my EoD tshirt. As pushy goes, he wasn't too bad. Two 'no thank yous' and constant walking, and he went after someone else. Got a cheesesteak for dinner, came home, watched an ok ghost movie 'Spirit Trip' and a slow movie called 'The Fields'. Cloris Leachman and Tara Reid (though not a lot of Miss Reid). It's creepy, but more for kooky grandparents than actual scares. Third Netflix is a monster movie called 'The Rig'. If nothing else, it should be faster paced.

Gotten one text and a few tickets in regards to work. The wild life of the oncall Shoggoth Wrangler. Still, it could be worse. Last minute crazed migrations leap to mind. Haven't gotten any work done on my sekret project. Really need to get the posting script written, then I'll have less excuses to not work on it. I have some mental plans, but not a lot of real motivation to write. Maybe tomorrow. That's the downside, I tend to be lacking in motivation. We'll see if I can get the geek juices flowing. Not like that, bunch of perverts.

Not much else going on, working out some ideas, watching this movie and still waiting for hauntings...I think I've been cheated. Oh well, maybe I'll skip #3 Netflix and go with a movie I know and like. Better for the cheese I know, then the bleah I don't. Laters people.

vulpine137 @ 4:25pm: Migration called on account of lack of info

I don't have to figure out crazy network foo. Well, crazier than normal network foo. No strange migrations, just the usual normal migrations. And only 4 of those this weekend. Go me and having actually relaxation time. *happy dance* Now to figure out a plan for me, I sense tonight will be movies, tomorrow will be *shrug*, Sunday will be laundry and Amythest/Nymaz time, and Monday will be ignoring the fact I have to go back to work the next day. I do have some scripts to write, probably will work on those tonight. Oh yeah, need to figure out dinner. But that's later. Almost done with today's work from home. Only down side is, it's turning into the season where my apartment AC is starting to struggle. Stupid Texas summers. Oh well, I will survive, and dream of mid October.