On Awkward Moments

Boxers. I used to wear briefs but boxers are just so much more comfortable.

Oops, was that awkward?

My Childhood Dream Job

I wanted to be an astronaut. Never came close, was almost in the Navy on submarines (too tall really and I flunked my physical when I was 17… old story).

Television Shows I Didn't Expect to Like

I was surprised I liked Glee.

I'm still surprised. Musicals really aren't my number.

Time Flies When You're on the Web

I spend a good deal more time gaming than I should. It seems like the days just keep slipping away faster and faster. I do read some news online everyday and I generally check for anything new on facebook first thing too, sometimes before checking my email even.

One thing I don't do enough is publishing content. Just answering these questions on Plinky helps get the idea's flowing some days.

I look for new technical info to read, was looking over a few C# pages today, but nothing that really pops back up as outstanding and memorable. Some days are like that. I did read about the Nasa probe named Dawn. It's due to orbit the 2nd largest asteroid, Vesta, on July 16th. On May 3rd it was 752,000 miles away. Given nearly 80 days to close to orbital distance, the closing speed is pretty slow, about 500 mph. Considering it's traveled over 1 billion miles so far, that's a pretty slow rate (but only relative to Vesta, it's matching Vesta's orbit in the asteroid belt). Cool things… I look for those. I read slashdot frequently. Yahoo news takes me far and wide as well. Physorg.com is another news site I frequent. I'm rarely on myspace. The email I check the most is yahoo. I do watch a lot of my tv/movies on hulu.com and justin.tv

Oh, I find the occasional program to download on freshmeat.net or sourceforge. Got a couple today, think it was an article on slashdot maybe about handbrake and a gui interface for it. Dvd ripping software. Guess I need to get a dvd now…

I remember when I was first on the internet. My time was mostly an old text based place called DU (du.moo.org 8888) I also used gopher quite a bit, found bat.mud that way iirc…

My Worst Date Ever

We went to a movie. Except during the movie, she talked on her cell phone the entire time. Needless to say, there was no second date. Cannot remember her name…

My Biggest Challenge Right Now

I have wandered off into the rough. Should have been keeping my aim at the green, hands on the club, eye on the ball, but I haven't. Finding my path back, to finish the hole, complete the game, that's what I need to do. Too much sliding, being dragged or pushed in which ever way life so desired when I should be choosing my own path, blazing my own trail to goals I set. What can I say, lazy, that's me. I've wasted more gift and talent that 99% of people ever acquire. That has to stop. That stops now. Putting it down in words helps a lot. Reading it on the screen makes it an issue to be dealt with rather than some vague thought to be pushed aside, held back, deferred until a later time. I'm really good at procrastinating, expert level even.

One idea I've had, been mulling, looking for a good solution, is how to allow html editing on a page without allowing html input… Most html editing scripts use the browsers built in editing commands, turn on the command-exec feature built into modern browsers. But, I don't want to allow anon-internet-user to just enter anything they like, nothing with html tags in fact, just text. Any less than or great than should be turned into the appropriate escape, no xss, no script tags, therefore safe? Safer, at least.

One solution, to wrap each character in a textarea with a span and add/remove classes depending on what html-editor icons are clicked while that character is selected, putting the resulting html in a separate div. Deleting characters from the textarea and matching that to the div and array of current classes assigned to each element of the array (each character) is perhaps my only remaining stumbling block.

Not the easiest problem to solve, I admit. There's a reason most sns sites don't allow the average user to enter html into their posts, etc. It is far to easy, given html, to subvert the page to nefarious ends.

More pondering is necessary, but some refreshers on javascript and a few more tests are on my todo list =) I should have started by learning javascript instead of jQuery. That slowed me down this year I think.

I may tend to over think things… Motivation and keeping on track, my biggest challenge.

How I Stay Healthy

I have to use a lancet to bleed my finger twice a day, measure the glucose level with those nice expensive test strips that only work with the key that comes with a different code in each box of 50 or 100 strips. Keeps people locked into spending $$$ on the diabetes test supplies. I eat a lot more fruits and vegetables than I've ever consistently been in the habit of eating. If they made em sugar-coated I'd be happier but hey…

Easter Candy vs. Halloween Candy

Lindt Milk Chocolate Gold Bunny – Looks Cute

I always lived for sweets. Candy, soda, pie, cake, ice cream, marshmallows, pop tarts, I lived for them all and they lived for me. But, in february, I got the bad news that the loves of my life were forever more off limits to me. Dang glucose levels anyway! So I bought a one pound chocolate Easter Bunny, but I can't eat it, unless maybe I chop it into enough pieces to stretch over 3 months. What fun is that? I have to live instead on lots of vegetables (that whole vegetation thing is for herbivores) and fruits in moderation. Lean meats, no added sugar, sugar free this and sugar free that and I have to vastly reign in my ingestion of carbs period. I have dropped weight, like you wouldn't believe. I was at a steady 270 for over 2 years. I peaked at around 305-310 and dropped back immediately but rarely below 265 until now. I'm at a weight I haven't been at for over 20 years. It's tough and I really regret not being able to eat sugary stuff anymore, but I do want to live and see my grandson and hopefully other grandchildren-to-be grow up and be happy. Cannot do that if I fail and let the weight and diabetes take me down. 190 here i come!

Question was: How many times have you been in love?

I would have to say, that I have been in love few times, but those few were madly and deeply.

Will I Ever Go Back to School?

I don't think I will. I seem to learn much better on my own than in a classroom setting. I like a hands on computing environment, where I can test what I'm learning as I learn it. It does help that I type pretty fast.