Monday, December 29, 2003
Morning Morning!
i wanted to go boarding today but at weather.com it says rain 100% in the bay area. oi. can't do nothing these days!
i made some low-power loads for the .40.. lets see if they work.
Link of the day! Yay for future fuzzies!
That is all for now, time for some online action!
i wanted to go boarding today but at weather.com it says rain 100% in the bay area. oi. can't do nothing these days!
i made some low-power loads for the .40.. lets see if they work.
Link of the day! Yay for future fuzzies!
That is all for now, time for some online action!
Sunday, December 28, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 3 out of 10
NapTime During Lunch: 10min then got woken up to do something! ugh!
so is he or isn't he?
Todays word of the day is brought to you by roxanne.. MetroSexual She's heard the phrase but doesn't know what it was about. It's where an urban male acts gay but isn't. He's got the style and yet has a feminine side to it. It makes you wonder when you meet others. So it's ok to do whatever you do bert! he's just showing his metro side of life.I scored a 13 out of 50! it's not my fault! i just got a man bag for xmas! i don't even know if it'll ever be used!
There is nothing wrong with us coming out! We're Sooooo Metro!!
NapTime During Lunch: 10min then got woken up to do something! ugh!
so is he or isn't he?
Todays word of the day is brought to you by roxanne.. MetroSexual She's heard the phrase but doesn't know what it was about. It's where an urban male acts gay but isn't. He's got the style and yet has a feminine side to it. It makes you wonder when you meet others. So it's ok to do whatever you do bert! he's just showing his metro side of life.I scored a 13 out of 50! it's not my fault! i just got a man bag for xmas! i don't even know if it'll ever be used!
There is nothing wrong with us coming out! We're Sooooo Metro!!
Saturday, December 27, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 4 out of 10
NapTime During Lunch: 35min
Chamfered some more .223's i'm running out of 69gr's.. i got 5 boxes of 75's A-max's.. i wonder.. OAL of 2.495!!! dats one long bullet!
NapTime During Lunch: 35min
Chamfered some more .223's i'm running out of 69gr's.. i got 5 boxes of 75's A-max's.. i wonder.. OAL of 2.495!!! dats one long bullet!
Friday, December 26, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 4 out of 10
NapTime During Lunch: 37min
CompUSA (noted by some as:CrapUSSR) sucks to high hell. I hope they burn! Uh oh! StoryTime!
CompUSA had a 4-day sale from sunday to wednesday. They had this video game that i was interested in, Max Payne II, and it was on their 4-day sale as 49.99-20$instant = 29.99. I don't know why i didn't go buy it immediately, sunday i had work, monday i had millions of things +anya +santa clause action, tuesday i had training, wednesday i went to CompUSA to see if they had it, of course they don't. So i went home and bought it online. I buy it online and i chose the in-store pick-up. It states that i have it on reserve for 72-hours. Ookay, well thursday is xmas, the store is closed. So i go today with the email n what not and they only had one customer service person working for the day after christmas?? common now! Well finally i get to the person and she finds the reservation, gets the game and rings it up. 49.99, i'm like uh, i'm getting it for 29.99, she was like well you had to have bought it then. They had none then.. too bad.. Well you know what, i walked out there shouting this place sucks, this is hella weak, and i hate this place. I'm never gonna shop there ever again, unless it's some madcrazy deal, screw that place. So if i bought it online and had it shipped (+5$) then it woulda been ok, but whats the point of picking it up if you can't get it at that price?
Lesson learned: In-store pick-ups are CRAP!
CrapUSSR, welcome to the unapproved list..
NapTime During Lunch: 37min
CompUSA (noted by some as:CrapUSSR) sucks to high hell. I hope they burn! Uh oh! StoryTime!
CompUSA had a 4-day sale from sunday to wednesday. They had this video game that i was interested in, Max Payne II, and it was on their 4-day sale as 49.99-20$instant = 29.99. I don't know why i didn't go buy it immediately, sunday i had work, monday i had millions of things +anya +santa clause action, tuesday i had training, wednesday i went to CompUSA to see if they had it, of course they don't. So i went home and bought it online. I buy it online and i chose the in-store pick-up. It states that i have it on reserve for 72-hours. Ookay, well thursday is xmas, the store is closed. So i go today with the email n what not and they only had one customer service person working for the day after christmas?? common now! Well finally i get to the person and she finds the reservation, gets the game and rings it up. 49.99, i'm like uh, i'm getting it for 29.99, she was like well you had to have bought it then. They had none then.. too bad.. Well you know what, i walked out there shouting this place sucks, this is hella weak, and i hate this place. I'm never gonna shop there ever again, unless it's some madcrazy deal, screw that place. So if i bought it online and had it shipped (+5$) then it woulda been ok, but whats the point of picking it up if you can't get it at that price?
Lesson learned: In-store pick-ups are CRAP!
CrapUSSR, welcome to the unapproved list..
Thursday, December 25, 2003
I woke up today and was wondering how early it was, for it seemed dark n early.. 7am! Ohh, ok, not to early, not to late. Sat around, played some online games, made about 75rnds of .40's and then changed to .223.. made about 155 of those, so about 2/3's of one pound of varget is gone. heh. i just got them too! Chamfered the necks of a ton of Scharch.com brass. It says it's 100% processed with a primer. But the necks aren't chamfered! wassup with that?? it's ok, most of the hardwork is done, just chamfer, add powder, n bullet.. n dingding!
Dindins at Pacifica later, maybe sooner, after i play some more online games.. heh
Dindins at Pacifica later, maybe sooner, after i play some more online games.. heh
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 4 out of 10
NapTime During Lunch: didn't even look at my watch.. maybe ~40min!
I had that same anya dream again.. with music and all. Ok anya i think i'm getting the message. I'd like to play with you out in the fields but i can't. We're in different places now. =(
At work things can be so dynamic. I could either veg and do the minimum or you can go do your 110% and 'make the difference.' The way i usually make a difference is by sharpening pencils, but not today. Noo my supervisor feels the need to go 150%. The scary thing was that i heard he's mellowed out lately and he used to be on crack before.. Lovely! We just did things that didn't need to be done, but were like little things. Little troublesome things. Hmmz am i turning into a slug? Isn't life always been about doing the minimum? I've got one co-worker buddy who frowns on doing the right thing. 'cuz in his past experiences, it leads to more work, and maybe even bad things to you. How wierd is that?
Anyways
May the sugarplum fairies (what do sugarplums look like in the first place?) and other wintry delights be with everybody this christmas!
NapTime During Lunch: didn't even look at my watch.. maybe ~40min!
I had that same anya dream again.. with music and all. Ok anya i think i'm getting the message. I'd like to play with you out in the fields but i can't. We're in different places now. =(
At work things can be so dynamic. I could either veg and do the minimum or you can go do your 110% and 'make the difference.' The way i usually make a difference is by sharpening pencils, but not today. Noo my supervisor feels the need to go 150%. The scary thing was that i heard he's mellowed out lately and he used to be on crack before.. Lovely! We just did things that didn't need to be done, but were like little things. Little troublesome things. Hmmz am i turning into a slug? Isn't life always been about doing the minimum? I've got one co-worker buddy who frowns on doing the right thing. 'cuz in his past experiences, it leads to more work, and maybe even bad things to you. How wierd is that?
Anyways
Merry Christmas!!!
May the sugarplum fairies (what do sugarplums look like in the first place?) and other wintry delights be with everybody this christmas!
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
i had a vision
i had a dream about anya this morning. I think she was trying to tell me something. I heard Enya music (enya music for anya?), and saw a vast great rolling hill with the brightest green grass and the sky was as blue and neverending. The breeze was soft, warm and gentle. There she was spazzing like usual, hopping up and down looking at me. Was this the great ferretlands of beyond? Off she went hopping side to side then that was all i remembered. I hoped she lived at least a decent life. I sorta knew that i would be playing with her in the beginning but would slack off later. That was one of the reasons why it took me 3 hours to figure out if i wanted a pet. Well the other reason was we were stuck at the store, but that is another tale of lore. Pets suck when they die. But after having that dream i think she is at a happier place. Free from the cage...
The song is by Enya called Adiemus..
I awoke for training today. Training for next week. Ahh yea.
Monday, December 22, 2003
ToAsTy Sad..
I am sad to state that as of Noon My fluffie little ferret Anya was found in her cage with that empty blank stare in her little red eyes. After coming back from Chabot, i saw her laying there and i knew. It was a sad moment. I buried her in the backyard by the tree. She was about five and a half years old.
Today was a mixed day. I broke in my New Rock River National Match Upper.. It took me an hour to shoot 20-rounds. Shoot -> disasemble -> Clean with Bore Cleaner -> 2 patches -> Reasemble -> Shoot ... I managed to get like 4-5 rounds off per 15minute fireing time. Hopefully it's zeroed for 200yards. Finally i'm up and running with a DCM legal rifle.
Laterwards, went over to roxannes and we exchanged presents. Santa brought me a whole bunch goodies! Most of it in forms of 1lb. Powder.. Mmmm..
*Sigh*
Sunday, December 21, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 5 out of 10 (wee no power!)
NapTime During Lunch: none.
Silly blackouts. And silly PG&E, i guess the northeast part of frisco was all blacked out. We had battery powered lamps n what not at work. And stairs! Flights n flights of stairs! Nothing went on the inside though, nobody was going nowhere. It was dark n gloomy, the building was on emergency power generators though. And as the bossman i was the go-around guy.. go here.. go there.. go upstairs, downstairs.. lala. I guess the power went out at around 6pm saturday. PG&E said that it'll fix it by midnight.. then 3am.. then 7am.. then 11am.. then 3pm.. then 7pm.. then i left work..
Roxanne came up and we watched the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. We didn't like it. There were a number of things wrong. The final battle was two smaller battles?, frodo n sam sleeps alot (together, subtly). The kinship of the four hobbits almost turns gay (lots of crying for each other). The end part dragged super l-o-n-g. And for some bits it seemed like somekind of Celtic Dance video. To me the 3rd of the trilogy, was like when your writing a long essay and at the end of it your getting tired and you start to not care about what you write and say.. 'ahh screw it' and print it out.. Thats how it felt like on this section. Don't get me wrong, the details, the cinematography, the action was excellent. But the way it was presented was like bangbang ok done.. the end.. It left somethings unanswered.
It's like the matrix in which people didn't like it 'cuz they weren't told things. But the difference in the matrix and the Lord of the rings is that in the Matrix everything is inferred, it's deducted. In the language that deals with fate and destiny it's told but not in-your-face told.. The lord of the rings it ends, and it's like what happens to this, or that, or these people.. For me it didn't suck, but it wasn't all that. I just wished it was told a little different, i wish there was more magic, this is middle earth, dungeons and dragons type stuff, they had it on the other two parts, whataboutthisone?
NapTime During Lunch: none.
Silly blackouts. And silly PG&E, i guess the northeast part of frisco was all blacked out. We had battery powered lamps n what not at work. And stairs! Flights n flights of stairs! Nothing went on the inside though, nobody was going nowhere. It was dark n gloomy, the building was on emergency power generators though. And as the bossman i was the go-around guy.. go here.. go there.. go upstairs, downstairs.. lala. I guess the power went out at around 6pm saturday. PG&E said that it'll fix it by midnight.. then 3am.. then 7am.. then 11am.. then 3pm.. then 7pm.. then i left work..
Roxanne came up and we watched the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. We didn't like it. There were a number of things wrong. The final battle was two smaller battles?, frodo n sam sleeps alot (together, subtly). The kinship of the four hobbits almost turns gay (lots of crying for each other). The end part dragged super l-o-n-g. And for some bits it seemed like somekind of Celtic Dance video. To me the 3rd of the trilogy, was like when your writing a long essay and at the end of it your getting tired and you start to not care about what you write and say.. 'ahh screw it' and print it out.. Thats how it felt like on this section. Don't get me wrong, the details, the cinematography, the action was excellent. But the way it was presented was like bangbang ok done.. the end.. It left somethings unanswered.
It's like the matrix in which people didn't like it 'cuz they weren't told things. But the difference in the matrix and the Lord of the rings is that in the Matrix everything is inferred, it's deducted. In the language that deals with fate and destiny it's told but not in-your-face told.. The lord of the rings it ends, and it's like what happens to this, or that, or these people.. For me it didn't suck, but it wasn't all that. I just wished it was told a little different, i wish there was more magic, this is middle earth, dungeons and dragons type stuff, they had it on the other two parts, whataboutthisone?
Saturday, December 20, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 1 out of 10 (bossman at the weekends are MiNDNUMBiNG...)
NapTime During Lunch: 40+min. i know i dillydallied for like a combined time of 3.5hrs..
Weeee Diane, one of the peeps from Freaksno, who moved to Salinas, CA came to visit roxanne. After work i showed Diane the power of the crepevine, she's never heard of crepes or nutella. But then in Freaksno theres nothing but Denny's, Carrow's, Fast-n-Da-Furiously-Gross-Food, etc.. So i had to open her world to other things.
NapTime During Lunch: 40+min. i know i dillydallied for like a combined time of 3.5hrs..
Weeee Diane, one of the peeps from Freaksno, who moved to Salinas, CA came to visit roxanne. After work i showed Diane the power of the crepevine, she's never heard of crepes or nutella. But then in Freaksno theres nothing but Denny's, Carrow's, Fast-n-Da-Furiously-Gross-Food, etc.. So i had to open her world to other things.
Friday, December 19, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 4 out of 10 (drafted till 4:30pm)
NapTime During Lunch: 36min.
Superninja abilities once again. I was sent out to the hospital for another abscess.. Mmmmm, and they told me to wait over here.. well i've waited over there for quite a bit. And yep.. forgot that i was there. How do you forget when i'm sitting in a hallway i have no clue. But i busted off with the pattywagon once again.. woot!
Later, i head to Roxannes staff xmas party. And i think that has like past the line for me. I've stepped into the boundries in which i saw things which your not supposed to. The whole drunk teacher thing was an eye opener anyways. You've been going to school, you see the teacher as one thing. You go to parties such as this and it's like another world. Well maybe not, yanno all them rumors about teachers living at school and all that are obviously false, but seeing a teacher of yours at like a supermarket or somewhere other than school just doesn't seem right.. heh.. Drink on!
I guess it's not my destiny for me to have the Compaq x1050 laptop for 799After rebates. Oh well i'll live, there will be others. Oh yes..
NapTime During Lunch: 36min.
Superninja abilities once again. I was sent out to the hospital for another abscess.. Mmmmm, and they told me to wait over here.. well i've waited over there for quite a bit. And yep.. forgot that i was there. How do you forget when i'm sitting in a hallway i have no clue. But i busted off with the pattywagon once again.. woot!
Later, i head to Roxannes staff xmas party. And i think that has like past the line for me. I've stepped into the boundries in which i saw things which your not supposed to. The whole drunk teacher thing was an eye opener anyways. You've been going to school, you see the teacher as one thing. You go to parties such as this and it's like another world. Well maybe not, yanno all them rumors about teachers living at school and all that are obviously false, but seeing a teacher of yours at like a supermarket or somewhere other than school just doesn't seem right.. heh.. Drink on!
I guess it's not my destiny for me to have the Compaq x1050 laptop for 799After rebates. Oh well i'll live, there will be others. Oh yes..
Thursday, December 18, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 7 out of 10 (toilet stoppage.. Mmmm @7:55am)
NapTime During Lunch: 27min
Work was whatever. had to do more since this stupid toilet stoppaging has been going on for a while. it seems to be following me, from one post to the other. Nasty!!
Went down to Foster City again, the 'advanced' dancers were eh' not as advanced. They weren't zombies, but they lacked discipline.. They had more energy but, if it was used usefully then it'd be all good.. lala
Called Best Buy about this super deal on a laptop, but they don't have any in stock. They might have some tommorrow, but yanno how it is.
NapTime During Lunch: 27min
Work was whatever. had to do more since this stupid toilet stoppaging has been going on for a while. it seems to be following me, from one post to the other. Nasty!!
Went down to Foster City again, the 'advanced' dancers were eh' not as advanced. They weren't zombies, but they lacked discipline.. They had more energy but, if it was used usefully then it'd be all good.. lala
Called Best Buy about this super deal on a laptop, but they don't have any in stock. They might have some tommorrow, but yanno how it is.
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 3 out of 10 (until the toilets started to flood! @2:55pm)
NapTime During Lunch: None, was writing memos.. Memos??!
Weee 1st day back into work from a lenghty calm. The only thing that hit me when i got back to work was the smell.. Always the same smell.. It's undescribable, it's not a nasty one. It's just one that tells you that your back at work. Kinda like when you go to grandma's house and you get that grandma smell.. Yeeea it's like that..
Afterwards, headed down to Foster City to assist in videotaping Roxanne's classes in their performing arts night. The band was cool, multi-phased, sectioned. The orchestra was ok, sounded like typical kids playing in a group.. Yeeea.. The Choir was ok, but basic. The dancers danced to two songs. The first was ok, but the second was better. I think the kids got better after the first time out on stage. They played one of my songs, Fanfare by Mouret. For those who don't know, it's the 'masterpiece theatre' song. But it wasn't played by the band, which had trumpets n what not brass. It was played by the orchestra. Violins, Violas, cellos busting it out. Tommorrow is another day for the more 'advanced' classes. Let's see what they can do.
Oh ya forgot to mention. Santa sent me a case (2500) of Montana Gold .40's!! woohoo! So i'm at 2 cases, that'll take up maybe 3 lbs out of the 8 for pistol powder.. This stuff lasts.. F o r e v e r.... Too bad rifle powder doesn't.
NapTime During Lunch: None, was writing memos.. Memos??!
Weee 1st day back into work from a lenghty calm. The only thing that hit me when i got back to work was the smell.. Always the same smell.. It's undescribable, it's not a nasty one. It's just one that tells you that your back at work. Kinda like when you go to grandma's house and you get that grandma smell.. Yeeea it's like that..
Afterwards, headed down to Foster City to assist in videotaping Roxanne's classes in their performing arts night. The band was cool, multi-phased, sectioned. The orchestra was ok, sounded like typical kids playing in a group.. Yeeea.. The Choir was ok, but basic. The dancers danced to two songs. The first was ok, but the second was better. I think the kids got better after the first time out on stage. They played one of my songs, Fanfare by Mouret. For those who don't know, it's the 'masterpiece theatre' song. But it wasn't played by the band, which had trumpets n what not brass. It was played by the orchestra. Violins, Violas, cellos busting it out. Tommorrow is another day for the more 'advanced' classes. Let's see what they can do.
Oh ya forgot to mention. Santa sent me a case (2500) of Montana Gold .40's!! woohoo! So i'm at 2 cases, that'll take up maybe 3 lbs out of the 8 for pistol powder.. This stuff lasts.. F o r e v e r.... Too bad rifle powder doesn't.
Monday, December 15, 2003
awwww yea, the final piece of the triad has came..
Right after my Monthly High power match, i said screw it and went for the Rock River Upper. Finally it arrives, and now i must break it in. Unfortunately that isn't gonna happen till probably monday. The Trigger + Upper + Custom Bullets = The One..
Berts gift came finally but this whole UPS thing was delievered at around 8pm! wassup with that??
Now all i need is another lower parts kit and i'll have 2 AR's ready to go! woohoo! i guess i could give back the upper i was using to Roz.. heh.. Also i've gotta look for some 80gr recipies for my co-workers. Time to sell some of this! They need it for the 600yarders! One day i'll go to sacramento n do that too, but the match just takes FOREVER to shoot..
Right after my Monthly High power match, i said screw it and went for the Rock River Upper. Finally it arrives, and now i must break it in. Unfortunately that isn't gonna happen till probably monday. The Trigger + Upper + Custom Bullets = The One..
Berts gift came finally but this whole UPS thing was delievered at around 8pm! wassup with that??
Now all i need is another lower parts kit and i'll have 2 AR's ready to go! woohoo! i guess i could give back the upper i was using to Roz.. heh.. Also i've gotta look for some 80gr recipies for my co-workers. Time to sell some of this! They need it for the 600yarders! One day i'll go to sacramento n do that too, but the match just takes FOREVER to shoot..
Madness!!!
Last week there was a deal on a Compaq x1050 laptop for 1149 with 300$ rebate. After tax it comes to about 950$ pretty good deal though for a Intel Pentium-M (III-modified) 1.4, 256ddr 2100 (ick), 40gb hd, 32mb Radeon 9200 mobile graphics, 15.4" wxga..
Pros: Cheap, Radeon 9200mobile graphics..
Cons: DDR2100, WXGA, 32mb and not 64mb of Radeon graphics.
So that was last week. Well this week bestbuy has a deal on the same laptop (if you could find it) for the same price but 350$ rebate.. madness! Of course none of the stores have it. And the SF store tells me to wait till wednesday. I wonder if i could have one on reserve. hmmz. If it's there for me, then it shall be my destiny. If not. oh well.. NEXT!
oh ya added links to my clients and another ToAsTy Approved! The Microplane..
Last week there was a deal on a Compaq x1050 laptop for 1149 with 300$ rebate. After tax it comes to about 950$ pretty good deal though for a Intel Pentium-M (III-modified) 1.4, 256ddr 2100 (ick), 40gb hd, 32mb Radeon 9200 mobile graphics, 15.4" wxga..
Pros: Cheap, Radeon 9200mobile graphics..
Cons: DDR2100, WXGA, 32mb and not 64mb of Radeon graphics.
So that was last week. Well this week bestbuy has a deal on the same laptop (if you could find it) for the same price but 350$ rebate.. madness! Of course none of the stores have it. And the SF store tells me to wait till wednesday. I wonder if i could have one on reserve. hmmz. If it's there for me, then it shall be my destiny. If not. oh well.. NEXT!
oh ya added links to my clients and another ToAsTy Approved! The Microplane..
Saturday, December 13, 2003
Gimmie some of that Silicon On Insulator or Multichip DLP projectors!
Coolbeans we all went to Black Angus for some meat action for brian's berfday. Afterwards we went to matty's to exchange gifts. It was cool, Kim stole my t-shirts dangit! I wanted to be talked nerdy to.. =( Like tell me about High-K Gate Dielectric Transistors.. Mmmm Or Nanotube modules. Oh well i'll survive. Roxanne got a nifty Wireless optical mousie and i gotta Find nemo CD holder.
Find Nemo eh...
Coolbeans we all went to Black Angus for some meat action for brian's berfday. Afterwards we went to matty's to exchange gifts. It was cool, Kim stole my t-shirts dangit! I wanted to be talked nerdy to.. =( Like tell me about High-K Gate Dielectric Transistors.. Mmmm Or Nanotube modules. Oh well i'll survive. Roxanne got a nifty Wireless optical mousie and i gotta Find nemo CD holder.
Find Nemo eh...
Friday, December 12, 2003
Roaming...
Woohoo! I got my package from Scharch.com 1000 resized, trimmed AND primed for 66$ shipped. Once fired, pretty good deal, since i've seen Lapua brass at 39$ for 100.. But then thats the creme-de-la-creme of brass. No White Elephant gift though.. oh well i guess i had to 'make' it.
Woohoo! I got my package from Scharch.com 1000 resized, trimmed AND primed for 66$ shipped. Once fired, pretty good deal, since i've seen Lapua brass at 39$ for 100.. But then thats the creme-de-la-creme of brass. No White Elephant gift though.. oh well i guess i had to 'make' it.
Thursday, December 11, 2003
195-2x!! out of 200...
Sweet, Today was the 'renewed Nimitz Rifle Match'. History Lesson! The Olympic Club of San Francisco would shoot a yearly rifle match at Mare island near vallejo back in the day. They'd shoot against the Naval Rifle Teams n whoever else who wanted to shoot in it. Well that was from the 1930's to the 80's. Today they wanted to revive something similar, with the Olympic Club hosting a match v. the SFPD sniper team. They asked around a little more and the FBI sniper team wanted in on this. Last week at the high power, they asked me to go with represent the Sheriffs Dept. Our rag tag team of 3, was 2. For our teammate roderick had to tend to a sick daughter. The funny part was we introduced ourselves and at that time i was the only S.D. guy there. Everybody who was a 'sniper' had the exact same rifle. a Winchester 700 in .308 with a Leupold Scope, and Harris Bipod. My joke was 'do you guys ever switch rifles by accident?' heh so when it came time for me to introduce i was like, 'uh, i'm either shooting my AR-15 or a Thompson Contender.' A wha? it's my dainty rifle, Marlia said it best 'I don't even like guns, but this one is pretty!' Anyways everybody else who doesn't have a sniper rifle had match prone rifles decked out with all the goodies. It was mad. I shot unsupported prone with only my sling holding up my rifle. The snipers had it too easy. Not only did they shot with a bipod, they had these rolls on the backend of the rifle. Basically just lay there, aim and squeeze the trigger. The winner won with a perfect score 200 with 16 bullseyes. Next year i'm debating if i'm gonna shoot the Thompson Contender with a match .308 with a bipod. i dunno, it'll be alot cheaper then spending 2k on one. But then it would be another toy for me.. neakneak
Afterwards, off to do some Christmas shopping. And for the first time i was the typical guy with the 12 bags of stuff from every which store @ hillsdale. Roxanne was going crazy with her coupons. I still doubt my white elephant gift is arriving tommorrow. doodoo!
Sweet, Today was the 'renewed Nimitz Rifle Match'. History Lesson! The Olympic Club of San Francisco would shoot a yearly rifle match at Mare island near vallejo back in the day. They'd shoot against the Naval Rifle Teams n whoever else who wanted to shoot in it. Well that was from the 1930's to the 80's. Today they wanted to revive something similar, with the Olympic Club hosting a match v. the SFPD sniper team. They asked around a little more and the FBI sniper team wanted in on this. Last week at the high power, they asked me to go with represent the Sheriffs Dept. Our rag tag team of 3, was 2. For our teammate roderick had to tend to a sick daughter. The funny part was we introduced ourselves and at that time i was the only S.D. guy there. Everybody who was a 'sniper' had the exact same rifle. a Winchester 700 in .308 with a Leupold Scope, and Harris Bipod. My joke was 'do you guys ever switch rifles by accident?' heh so when it came time for me to introduce i was like, 'uh, i'm either shooting my AR-15 or a Thompson Contender.' A wha? it's my dainty rifle, Marlia said it best 'I don't even like guns, but this one is pretty!' Anyways everybody else who doesn't have a sniper rifle had match prone rifles decked out with all the goodies. It was mad. I shot unsupported prone with only my sling holding up my rifle. The snipers had it too easy. Not only did they shot with a bipod, they had these rolls on the backend of the rifle. Basically just lay there, aim and squeeze the trigger. The winner won with a perfect score 200 with 16 bullseyes. Next year i'm debating if i'm gonna shoot the Thompson Contender with a match .308 with a bipod. i dunno, it'll be alot cheaper then spending 2k on one. But then it would be another toy for me.. neakneak
Afterwards, off to do some Christmas shopping. And for the first time i was the typical guy with the 12 bags of stuff from every which store @ hillsdale. Roxanne was going crazy with her coupons. I still doubt my white elephant gift is arriving tommorrow. doodoo!
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Hmmz, how can i explain this..
Lately i've been feeling like this scene from the movie Saving Private Ryan.
Theres a scene in the beginning, where the American troops rush the beach and it's all madness, people getting killed left n right..
Well theres one scene where these two medics were trying to save a guy whos been shot.. And the medic says 'i think we've saved this one,' all of a sudden a bullet just goes through the wounded's helmet, killing him.. the medic gets up all pissed..
i've been feeling like that lately..
i'm tired.
Lately i've been feeling like this scene from the movie Saving Private Ryan.
Theres a scene in the beginning, where the American troops rush the beach and it's all madness, people getting killed left n right..
Well theres one scene where these two medics were trying to save a guy whos been shot.. And the medic says 'i think we've saved this one,' all of a sudden a bullet just goes through the wounded's helmet, killing him.. the medic gets up all pissed..
i've been feeling like that lately..
i'm tired.
Monday, December 08, 2003
Funny it isn't..
I guess it's that time in ones life in which you must depart from your parents. The madness of their methods aren't agreeing with me anymore. i'm wanting out!
My dad busts this original plan to clean the basement, and his style is to just get things and toss them! Whats in the boxes? who cares! Just throw it. Do you need it? Well it's outside in the hall, i guess not! just toss it! I think senility has hit or something, they just babble and won't listen to what i'm trying to tell them.
Me: 'dad, what was in that box you tossed.'
'huh? it's older than you, you don't need it..'
'thats not the point, what was in the box?'
'garbage, it's all garbage!'
The box is taped over, who knows what it was.
I'm gonna search for foreclosed houses, it seems it's the only way to live in this land. I just wonder how it works. Theres a house or two in Burlingame that shows for 65,000$. Does that mean i can buy it for 65k? That'll be sweet! Yea it's time for me to leave the roost. Tell the parents good luck with their enormous debt that they don't even blink about and yea. Roxanne often wonders how come i'm not tweaked in such manners. I must be adopted or something. But my value system where did it come from? Where did i get my live-what-you-got kinda lifestyle instead of the let's eat $200 dinners and pay on the credit card 'cuz it's cool to pay the whole tab then ignore the bill and let it pile on lifestyle.
Can't even sell the volvo, it's worth like 11k now. 106k miles, traction control system is broke needs replacement..
This is weak..
it ain't even funny..
I guess it's that time in ones life in which you must depart from your parents. The madness of their methods aren't agreeing with me anymore. i'm wanting out!
My dad busts this original plan to clean the basement, and his style is to just get things and toss them! Whats in the boxes? who cares! Just throw it. Do you need it? Well it's outside in the hall, i guess not! just toss it! I think senility has hit or something, they just babble and won't listen to what i'm trying to tell them.
Me: 'dad, what was in that box you tossed.'
'huh? it's older than you, you don't need it..'
'thats not the point, what was in the box?'
'garbage, it's all garbage!'
The box is taped over, who knows what it was.
I'm gonna search for foreclosed houses, it seems it's the only way to live in this land. I just wonder how it works. Theres a house or two in Burlingame that shows for 65,000$. Does that mean i can buy it for 65k? That'll be sweet! Yea it's time for me to leave the roost. Tell the parents good luck with their enormous debt that they don't even blink about and yea. Roxanne often wonders how come i'm not tweaked in such manners. I must be adopted or something. But my value system where did it come from? Where did i get my live-what-you-got kinda lifestyle instead of the let's eat $200 dinners and pay on the credit card 'cuz it's cool to pay the whole tab then ignore the bill and let it pile on lifestyle.
Can't even sell the volvo, it's worth like 11k now. 106k miles, traction control system is broke needs replacement..
This is weak..
it ain't even funny..
Sunday, December 07, 2003
Badass!!
It was one of those after-rainy days, where the sky was bright blue and theres little puffs of clouds here n there. Where the visibility was mad, sausalito looked purdy. I get there around 7:50, signed up for the 1st relay and was gonna head out for the killer 4$ breakfast. One of my coworker Roderick comes by and we sign him up n dilly dally. Now it's 8:15am the match starts around 9.. could you eat a killer breakfast n be ok to shoot? Resonable minds would say to wait to the 2nd relay but we've already signed up. We eat the mad breakfast, veggie omlette for me, i know how greasy this stuff is. So i eat 1/2 of it n toss it.. Sad to toss it but i had to, for the greater good. Roderick didn't and will pay the price later.
Off to shoot but felt like crap. Not that i wanted to take one, just that coming off from that 20-hr sickness seems that i need forever to recover. Yanno the whole inner balance is all wierded and feel all tired n what not. So with a new John Holliger Tuned Two-stage trigger, and my handmade 69gr Sierra bullets. I've got my nifty new shooting diary (dearest diary, ...) I managed to fandangle a score of 450-2x. Thats hopping 2 classes.. Marksman 420pts -> Sharpshooter 445pts -> Expert 470pts -> Master 485pts -> High Master.
So my new trick is, check to see if the mags fit before shooting! *duh!* Mags shouldn't have this problem, but being how i destroy things. It's the 2nd mag that i've had a problem with.
So now i've been invited to shoot against the SFPD Snipers on thursday.. And they want me to shoot in sacramento on saturday for an 8-hour match. Another 200-300-600yard match eh? Hmmz should i go on a board meeting on friday, stay over with the shooting crew in sacramento friday night n then shoot on saturday.. I'll see, it all depends on the weather.
Afterwards, hung out with the lovely lady. We originally wanted to go to Hillsdale, but just driving to it started to look crazy. So we just went to Bridgepointe n hung out there. Old navy had some cheap stuff. We were armed with 7 bed bath n beyond coupons. Only got to use 3 of them. We headed over the Zainy Brainy, which is going out of business, slowly. Everything was 10% off, but next week i betcha it'll be 20.. n it'll go up n up n so on. Roxanne got me a stuffed baby duckie! It's the FAO schwartz baby version. Soo cute!! It must be love!
It was one of those after-rainy days, where the sky was bright blue and theres little puffs of clouds here n there. Where the visibility was mad, sausalito looked purdy. I get there around 7:50, signed up for the 1st relay and was gonna head out for the killer 4$ breakfast. One of my coworker Roderick comes by and we sign him up n dilly dally. Now it's 8:15am the match starts around 9.. could you eat a killer breakfast n be ok to shoot? Resonable minds would say to wait to the 2nd relay but we've already signed up. We eat the mad breakfast, veggie omlette for me, i know how greasy this stuff is. So i eat 1/2 of it n toss it.. Sad to toss it but i had to, for the greater good. Roderick didn't and will pay the price later.
Off to shoot but felt like crap. Not that i wanted to take one, just that coming off from that 20-hr sickness seems that i need forever to recover. Yanno the whole inner balance is all wierded and feel all tired n what not. So with a new John Holliger Tuned Two-stage trigger, and my handmade 69gr Sierra bullets. I've got my nifty new shooting diary (dearest diary, ...) I managed to fandangle a score of 450-2x. Thats hopping 2 classes.. Marksman 420pts -> Sharpshooter 445pts -> Expert 470pts -> Master 485pts -> High Master.
So my new trick is, check to see if the mags fit before shooting! *duh!* Mags shouldn't have this problem, but being how i destroy things. It's the 2nd mag that i've had a problem with.
So now i've been invited to shoot against the SFPD Snipers on thursday.. And they want me to shoot in sacramento on saturday for an 8-hour match. Another 200-300-600yard match eh? Hmmz should i go on a board meeting on friday, stay over with the shooting crew in sacramento friday night n then shoot on saturday.. I'll see, it all depends on the weather.
Afterwards, hung out with the lovely lady. We originally wanted to go to Hillsdale, but just driving to it started to look crazy. So we just went to Bridgepointe n hung out there. Old navy had some cheap stuff. We were armed with 7 bed bath n beyond coupons. Only got to use 3 of them. We headed over the Zainy Brainy, which is going out of business, slowly. Everything was 10% off, but next week i betcha it'll be 20.. n it'll go up n up n so on. Roxanne got me a stuffed baby duckie! It's the FAO schwartz baby version. Soo cute!! It must be love!
Saturday, December 06, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: -1 out of 10 (oh my goodness, lets count the number of holes on the ceiling tiles)
NapTime During Lunch: 27min here.. 15min there.. shoulda been the whole 8hrs.
Silly blogger, date changing abilities! Anyways, the day went by at an ok pace, but did totally NOTHING..
Afterwards though, hung out at my coworker 'uncle' Lau's house n ate n what not. They remodeled their house but the elegant kitchen is empty. No not empty like no applicances or anything. Empty like the Viking stove with 6-burners looks unused, the fridge is empty except for tons of drinks and 7gallons of ice cream?? whoa! Peppermint anyone?
Heh anyways, the kitchen is reserved for me one day in the future. I guess i ragged on it so much that they want to see my skills. We do this!
NapTime During Lunch: 27min here.. 15min there.. shoulda been the whole 8hrs.
Silly blogger, date changing abilities! Anyways, the day went by at an ok pace, but did totally NOTHING..
Afterwards though, hung out at my coworker 'uncle' Lau's house n ate n what not. They remodeled their house but the elegant kitchen is empty. No not empty like no applicances or anything. Empty like the Viking stove with 6-burners looks unused, the fridge is empty except for tons of drinks and 7gallons of ice cream?? whoa! Peppermint anyone?
Heh anyways, the kitchen is reserved for me one day in the future. I guess i ragged on it so much that they want to see my skills. We do this!
Friday, December 05, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 3 out of 10 (More! Bossman Bossman)
NapTime During Lunch: 20min tried to nap, was more just laying there with eyes closed.
Today's Blog is brought to you by Whacky eBay Items! i'm gonna buy a bunch of these for the white elephant present dealie! But the auction is over!
Well today i think i had the 20hr-flu. Last night around 6pm, my throat started to hurt. Around 8:30pm my nose started to run and i had the sniffles by the time i went to bed. Couldn't sleep that well, sniffling, tossing n turning, all sweaty n hot. Today at around 11am i had a fever (99.7 degrees!) and a cough.. By 2pm it was all going away, all except for the sore-throat which i still have now.. How wierd is that? Tuesday night,i had crazy stomach aches but i thought that was from the alcohol after the chaperoning. But now i'm mostly alright.. At least i mounted a soap dispenser in the bathroom. Handyjobs left n right.
Hmmz, should i make more bullets?
NapTime During Lunch: 20min tried to nap, was more just laying there with eyes closed.
Today's Blog is brought to you by Whacky eBay Items! i'm gonna buy a bunch of these for the white elephant present dealie! But the auction is over!
Well today i think i had the 20hr-flu. Last night around 6pm, my throat started to hurt. Around 8:30pm my nose started to run and i had the sniffles by the time i went to bed. Couldn't sleep that well, sniffling, tossing n turning, all sweaty n hot. Today at around 11am i had a fever (99.7 degrees!) and a cough.. By 2pm it was all going away, all except for the sore-throat which i still have now.. How wierd is that? Tuesday night,i had crazy stomach aches but i thought that was from the alcohol after the chaperoning. But now i'm mostly alright.. At least i mounted a soap dispenser in the bathroom. Handyjobs left n right.
Hmmz, should i make more bullets?
Thursday, December 04, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 5 out of 10 (Bossman Bossman)
NapTime During Lunch: 27min here.. 15min there..
Whelp i've spoken to my supervisors about the whole spitting event and our (my co-worker n i) instincts were correct, we shoulda drug him out and displayed some control over these monsters. But Nooo, we weren't giving the thumbs up at the time. Now we will, hopefully there won't be a next time but i've got 26 years ahead to look forward to. Today was kinda busy, i felt like John Ascuaga of his Nugget Casino. His commercials showing him going here, there, everywhere.. Well thats what i did for most of the day. Heck i was doing home improvement work too! It was a strange day though.
Anywho i've found a webpage in which some of yalls can check out. It's got a list of my clients and partial stories of them. Hopefully the link won't change. I'd say i know of the peoples in the more extreme cases on the webpage.
i'm wondering if i should go load up some ammo or not.. hmmz.. It comes to about 10.7cents a round. 5.35$ a box of 50. 8$ a box of FMJ stuff, and 19$ a box for JHP stuff. wow..
NapTime During Lunch: 27min here.. 15min there..
Whelp i've spoken to my supervisors about the whole spitting event and our (my co-worker n i) instincts were correct, we shoulda drug him out and displayed some control over these monsters. But Nooo, we weren't giving the thumbs up at the time. Now we will, hopefully there won't be a next time but i've got 26 years ahead to look forward to. Today was kinda busy, i felt like John Ascuaga of his Nugget Casino. His commercials showing him going here, there, everywhere.. Well thats what i did for most of the day. Heck i was doing home improvement work too! It was a strange day though.
Anywho i've found a webpage in which some of yalls can check out. It's got a list of my clients and partial stories of them. Hopefully the link won't change. I'd say i know of the peoples in the more extreme cases on the webpage.
i'm wondering if i should go load up some ammo or not.. hmmz.. It comes to about 10.7cents a round. 5.35$ a box of 50. 8$ a box of FMJ stuff, and 19$ a box for JHP stuff. wow..
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 6.5 out of 10
NapTime During Lunch: 37min
Wow..
Today i had the first client to ever said to me.. 'You're not my daddy!' This was during a physical altercation in which i was trying to get one of my clients to kneel down. Heck we just wanted to talk to the guy, kneel down, take the cuffs off, and be cool.. Nope.. For that one moment i wanted to put the hurt on just so i can shout out.. 'Whos Your daddy!' unfortunately my supervisor was there so it wouldn't look good.. Or would it?
I guess the drama that happened on sunday was taken care of. Thats what the supervisors say, but i've yet to know what it was.
I've made some .40's in the recommended length of 1.185" but it only loads on one of my guns. I got it down to 1.163" and it seems good to go. It was at 1.140" and worked so the more longer the bullet, the lower the pressure and the 'kick' shouldn't be lower. Hopefully the weps should function.. isn't this fun!
Whos Your daddy!!
NapTime During Lunch: 37min
Wow..
Today i had the first client to ever said to me.. 'You're not my daddy!' This was during a physical altercation in which i was trying to get one of my clients to kneel down. Heck we just wanted to talk to the guy, kneel down, take the cuffs off, and be cool.. Nope.. For that one moment i wanted to put the hurt on just so i can shout out.. 'Whos Your daddy!' unfortunately my supervisor was there so it wouldn't look good.. Or would it?
I guess the drama that happened on sunday was taken care of. Thats what the supervisors say, but i've yet to know what it was.
I've made some .40's in the recommended length of 1.185" but it only loads on one of my guns. I got it down to 1.163" and it seems good to go. It was at 1.140" and worked so the more longer the bullet, the lower the pressure and the 'kick' shouldn't be lower. Hopefully the weps should function.. isn't this fun!
Whos Your daddy!!
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Ahhh yea my first test of being an 'adult'.. scary!!
Yep, i had the lovely task of being a chaperone of Roxannes field trip to The Velveteen Rabbit at the Yerba Buena Center, right next to the metreon. Scary, 70+ children with 3 teachers, 2 parents and I.. that comes down to about 12 children to 1. The play was nifty, modern dance with the story of the fluffie bunnie!! Being in an auditorium with a whole lotta youngins turned me into uh, the sheepdog of the group. Round up the kids, don't let them stray. The only part i didn't like was the main teacher who sorta led and sorta didn't was talking about a food court in the metreon.. I'm thinking uh, Gillians Sports bar? It's not a typical mall food where you can get things cheap. No these food places serve Red Battered Deep Fried Chicken with red chipotle sauce on a french roll. I did like it even though somehow it reminded me of such places like Skii park Resort Food, or Airport food. Where it was expensive for what you get. So hows kids who thought 5$ was enough was only maybe barely enough for a burrito with nothing else. No Drink, no chips n dip. and it was a 'small' burrito.
The day was quick and uneventful, which is a good sign.
All the field trips i've been to was always fun, thats because you are the kid and not one of the sheep herders who wonder if theres anybody missing. All of a sudden i'm on the other side of the fence. Scary isn't it?
Ok everybody nighty nite, time to sleep with my fluffie bunnie! =)
Yep, i had the lovely task of being a chaperone of Roxannes field trip to The Velveteen Rabbit at the Yerba Buena Center, right next to the metreon. Scary, 70+ children with 3 teachers, 2 parents and I.. that comes down to about 12 children to 1. The play was nifty, modern dance with the story of the fluffie bunnie!! Being in an auditorium with a whole lotta youngins turned me into uh, the sheepdog of the group. Round up the kids, don't let them stray. The only part i didn't like was the main teacher who sorta led and sorta didn't was talking about a food court in the metreon.. I'm thinking uh, Gillians Sports bar? It's not a typical mall food where you can get things cheap. No these food places serve Red Battered Deep Fried Chicken with red chipotle sauce on a french roll. I did like it even though somehow it reminded me of such places like Skii park Resort Food, or Airport food. Where it was expensive for what you get. So hows kids who thought 5$ was enough was only maybe barely enough for a burrito with nothing else. No Drink, no chips n dip. and it was a 'small' burrito.
The day was quick and uneventful, which is a good sign.
All the field trips i've been to was always fun, thats because you are the kid and not one of the sheep herders who wonder if theres anybody missing. All of a sudden i'm on the other side of the fence. Scary isn't it?
Ok everybody nighty nite, time to sleep with my fluffie bunnie! =)
Monday, December 01, 2003
Woohoo! Recipie change..
I woke up wondering if i was gonna get my order of 180gr Montana Gold JHP's.. and well.. it arrives! Shipping weight of 66lbs for 2500 pieces of metal. I'm gonna play with how low i can go with my recipies. i'm at 4.1grains, i've seen some recipes for 3.5. i think thats a bit too low. Go too low and the weps won't function, of course they've gotta function for all of my .40's..
I woke up wondering if i was gonna get my order of 180gr Montana Gold JHP's.. and well.. it arrives! Shipping weight of 66lbs for 2500 pieces of metal. I'm gonna play with how low i can go with my recipies. i'm at 4.1grains, i've seen some recipes for 3.5. i think thats a bit too low. Go too low and the weps won't function, of course they've gotta function for all of my .40's..
