Random Drivel

So I don’t post much here anymore, but I remember about a year and a half ago posting how many facebook applications requests I had, contemplating if I could get to 100. I’m reporting back that I did reach 100 a few months ago, but it appears that requests have started to slow down a bit. Due to Facebook changing the way their homepage looks in the past year, the numbers were skewed a little bit, and I also ignored/rejected several groups and friend suggestions which brought the numbers down, but here’s the current snapshot:

Facebook Requests

A few things: If an application gets removed from Facebook, the requests automatically disappear (I compared the last picture to what my current requests are, and there are some missing apps). Events disappear after their date has passed. Friend requests now appear in this list, but I typically approve those if I know the person. I usually reject Facebook friend suggestions, but you can see that there is one in there. Groups also get rejected, as I am already in several, and groups serve little purpose in the new facebook scheme.

This is mostly for posterity, it serves no real purpose. I think I”m going to ignore all and start with a fresh slate.

90’s music on the radio reminds me of high school.

That’s not necessarily a good thing.

After today’s stock market closing (Google says the Dow Jones Industrial Average is at 8579.19, -678.91 points today, (-7.33% change in value) as of  Oct 9 4:07pm ET), my 401(k) is now -36.7% YTD with a net market change of -$8,825.40.

The part that stinks the most for me, however, is that barely 2 and a half years ago, I was walking across the stage accepting my college diploma, having never seen $8,825.40 all at once, ever, in my life. My first paycheck after that (two weeks pay!) was for more money than I had ever made in a calender year.

This sucks. I am 25 years old. I would freak out if I dropped a $10 bill.

I was watching the SNL “Thursday Weekend Update” tonight, and the Keenan Thompson sketch where he plays an economic advisor who screams over and over to “FIX IT! FIX IT! FIX IT!” Is exactly how I felt. I feel sick to the stomach about this. I know its not much money, and I know I’m young and there is plenty of time, and I’m not supposed to touch this money for 40 years anyway. But I feel sick about this.

Went for a motorcycle ride with a few coworkers and the motorcycle club. Rode about 120 miles, out to Caliente and around the loop. Stopped at a little burger joint out in the literal middle of nowhere! The further you ride, the better the burger.

Irony (ī‘rə-nē, ī‘ər-) n., pl. -nies.

1) Watching the South Park episode, “Guitar Queer-O” (which parodies the video game Guitar Hero by implying it sucks), and seeing a commercial promoting the new Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game.

I’m sleeping on the couch this week while my parents are visiting California. Thus, in keeping with a tradition that is now 15 years running, I did not wake up on the morning of my birthday in my own bed!

I Just got done rewatching John Carpenter’s: Escape from New York on UniHD. I hadn’t seen it for some time, and it reminded me that I haven’t seen Escape from LA in quite some time, either.

I think they should make a sequel: Escape from Chicago. And if that one is a success, I feel Escape from Houston would be a massively popular follow-up. Both of those are coastal cities, so they could just reuse the plot from the first two movies again.

Escape from Phoenix would probably suck.

Is it just me, or is it starting to get harder to find what you want on Google now? Maybe I’m just accustomed to finding what I want on Google in seconds, but lately I’ve had to wade through pages of crap to find what I’m looking for.

Some sites are starting to design their pages specifically to get high Google ranks… those cheaters.

I’ve got 1083 miles on the VTX now. Awesome! The major miles were put on driving out to the Antelope Valley (200 round trip), Morro Bay (300 round trip), and joyriding around town as a weekend warrior. Lots of the miles were also driving to work, which is getting easier now that its no longer 30 degrees in the mornings. Here’s to the next 1000 miles, and a few more mods to the bike!

I am now the Facilities Maintenance Team Leader, or, the manager in charge of the Facilities mechanics, at work. Role transition with the previous Team Leader starts, well, today really. I’ve been working for almost two years now, since graduating in May ‘06. This new job will be good for my development, so we’ll see where it takes me.