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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
9:23 pm	Black Metal Follies: Necrovomitör In celebration of today’s prolonged dental appointment, I checked out a demo from a band from Finland that knows how to pick a name and make good song titles. This will take you a long way in the black metal world. Necrovomitör [myspace]. Note the snazzy use of the umlauts but this could be improved. Here: NecröVömitöR. Multiple umlauts is mega kvlt and capitalizing the “V” and “R” will make the logo grand on the back drop for shows. Be sure to have the umlauts glow in the dark like demon eyes. Now for some creative titles unseen since Venom’s heyday. Demo title: Vomit Porn Satan. Belphegor needs to find out who the main brain is in Necrovomitor and recruit them to write the follow-up to “Bondage Goat Zombie”. Put these two bands together and no telling what could come out. Nauseous Filth Devil? Bound Agrarian Undead? I’m just going to list the song titles as they speak for themselves, quite brilliantly: The Ultimate Necro Injector Genuine Crackwhore Mutilation Swallow My Armageddon Massgrave Gang Bang Rotten Corpses in Vogue As It Flows In My Veins Now, for visceral charm, I’d say it’s a toss up between “Swallow My Armageddon” and “Massgrave Gang Bang” for my favorite. On the serious side, “As It Flows In My Veins” is definitely a good title. They seem to be influenced by Darkthrone, Dismember and Bathory. I’m sure they’d throw in a bunch of demo only bands from the 80’s underground just to kvlt it up.  Current Mood: post-dental-appointment Current Music: Sleep - Jerusalem (Comment on this)
Monday, May 12th, 2008
10:12 pm	Swirly Abbath Oreo-Head Saving a baby goat was one of the highlights of my visit home. On Friday, while making rounds on the ranch, HermanoDiablo and I came across this little guy whose mom had died. He’s about a week old – the dried, black umbilical was still present- and doesn’t know what the hell’s going on. He’s clumsy and doesn’t nurse like a pro yet. Sunday, he managed to finish the whole bottle in one sitting. The dogs are getting used to him [they’re goat friendly] so, he’ll be let out for walks to gain strength/appetite. It’s All In The Name Just looking at him, several things come to mind: Swirly - look at the swirls of black and white. Plus it was a "Mom-safe" name. Abbath – The face markings are sort of like those of Abbath from Immortal. Oreo-Head – Oreo cookies, c’mon. Put them all together and you’ve got a racehorse name. Now, grab some insulin, here comes the cute overload. Current Mood: mischievous Current Music: Immortal - Where Dark And Light Don't Differ (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
10:38 pm	¡Via Hollywood!: Fiero Bailando The dance theme on this week’s ¡Via Hollywood! Episode fell flat. If things don’t pick up, then season two probably won’t happen. Next week’s previews look interesting with this sound bite: “I don’t shave down there very often…” Quetzie's plans for a three-way with Charo and Maria Conchita Alonso [MCA] fizzled when he saw MCA in a leopard print dress tonight. He wants her all to himself. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: SYL - Zodiac (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
11:13 pm	Things Lined up Right Comparing availability in the work rotation paid off and I’m now off until Monday. I escaped working an overnight this Saturday. I’ll work next weekend but there’s a freeze so it will be token that I’m working. Minimal at best, unless there’s some break-fix stuff. This should take care of the fatigue/stress until I head to AZ and hang with Beeregard at the end of the month. Tomorrow, I go down to Austin for some craft-brewed beer and BBQ at Uncle Billy’s and the Draught House [¡Robusto!] with HermanoDiablo and his girlfriend, who shares the same name as one of my brothers. This could be funny. Friday, I go to my parents to help around High Ridge Ranch but I’ll probably spend more time doing housework due to MadreDiablo’s surgery. Most importantly, I get to be with MadreDiablo on Mother’s Day and take her to lunch. Cutting her entrée’ won’t be seem doting as one arm is in a sling. Current Music: Genesis - Abacab (Comment on this)
10:07 pm	Cell Phone Comedy of Errors Continued Of course, the pictures made it to my phone halfway into the exchange with “Miss Dial” but didn’t make it to my PC in time to make that night’s post. Besides, that's a treat destined for a friend's only post. Looking over the more risque’ picture, the third or fourth thing I noticed was the ring. “Miss Dial” is definitely trouble and not the good kind. Plus she's a slob, look at the mess her place is. Tempting but, I do more thinking above the waist these days. Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: desperado soundtrack - bar fight (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, May 5th, 2008
10:30 pm	Cell Phone Comedy of Errors Always verify new people in your cell phone before sending pictures. I offer you a case study from someone I’ll call, “Miss Dial”: [unrecognized #] text message: Hey, did you get the pic? Guess you didnt like that. BeerDiablo text message: No & who r u? And that was the truth as of the moment I texted back… [unrecognized #] text message: What? Oh my gosh I am so sorry. Thank god you didn’t get the pics. [unrecognized #] text message: Is this not Andy? [unrecognized #] text message: Quit messin around. That’s not funny. BeerDiablo text message: No. Either the # is written or dialed wrong but I am not he It occurred to me that this –whether a mistake or scam attempt- would drag on so I called –voicemail. Left a couple of polite, brief sentences to reassure “Miss Dial” that I was not “Andy”. My cell rang once, yes, it was her. Then a text followed. [unrecognized #] text message: I am very sorry I had the wrong number. Please forgive me? BeerDiablo text message: No worries. [unrecognized #] text message: I hope I didn’t get anyone in trouble. *There’s more but, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow  ;> Current Mood: amused Current Music: Opeth - Watershed - The Lotus Eater (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
10:38 pm	¡Via Hollywood!: Agua Not So Caliente Quetzie passed up on last week’s ¡Via Hollywood! Episode due to the UGMO contest ala’ Ugly Betty. We tuned in to this week’s episode as a part of the Cinco de Mayo kick-off. Tonight, the downhill trend continued with a bunch of crybaby acting stuff. Rasgones del payaso [clown tears] is more like it. Boring. Things pick up next week, when Charo makes an appearance. Quetzie is scheming a three-way with her and Maria Conchita Alonso, who looked hot tonight in a tight, green dress. Hopefully, the later episodes will feature more of her. Current Music: Steve Roach - A Deeper Silence (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
10:43 pm	87.65% Caught Up It's a quiet night in celebration that nothing bad happened to my family in the past few days. I've caught up on work and am now catching up on bills,statements,etc. I work tomorrow afternoon for about four hours but this is Infiddlevestcorp, so I will not say that it's going to be an easy straightforward activity or that anything else could go wrong. The Plus Side of Saturday and Sunday: 1. I get to sleep late. 2. Trinity Hall has Deschutes Mirror Pond & Black Butte Porter on draft. 16oz Pints $4 -This Weekend Only. 3. Lotto tickets procured. 4. Finishing up some loose ends paperwork-wise. Good luck to the rest of you on your weekend. I recommend having a beer. Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: Impaled Nazarene - Noisrevrep taog (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
8:31 pm	Not Going Down South Good news today: Infiddlevestcorp decided to keep their mainframes in the New England data center and move open system environment’s to the new data center in the deep South. What I’m most happy about is that there’s a better beer selection in New England as opposed to the deep South. This was the most obvious thing to me even before the technical and cost considerations. I keep my priorities in line. It took them over a year to figure this out. That part I couldn’t believe, it was obvious to me and should’ve been obvious to the “smart people”. Complexities aside, it was that price tag that got them in the end. The nickel and dime of the open systems is going to get them too. Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Dream Death - The Elder Race (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
9:47 pm	Don’t Classify It a Wash Despite the previous post the weekend wasn’t bad, just inconvenient at times. This job distracts me too often from what I want to do and the weekend interference doesn’t help. The important things I did do: 1. I got to sleep in. Very important, I’m not a morning person. 2. Picked up MadreDiablo and sister at the airport and had lunch. 3. Met up with Assurbanipaul at The Covey for some stellar craft beer, including the Voodoo Brown but I think the IPA took the prize. 4. Today was a little slow due to yesterday’s fun. I took in some rare hair of the dog and things aren’t so bad now. 5. I’m going to schedule vacation time soon. I need to decide where but I think this needs to be a getaway. Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: Behemoth -Slaves Shall Serve (Comment on this)
3:14 pm	Reaching for the Off Switch I’m off this weekend. In my group’s rotation, I’m listed as “off”, meaning I’m not working this weekend. But I had changes going in on Saturday with someone else to manage it. I took precautions to make sure that all details were covered so I wouldn’t be bothered. However… Friday 1800 Realized that a co-worker probably didn’t sync up with my work for a configuration change and verified my hunch. Thanks for not checking with me before leaving for the day. 2100 Logged on and re-ran jobs to finalize a configuration change with my work included. Saturday 0900 Vendor didn’t confirm on Friday, asked weekend manager to confirm with vendor. 1000 Asked to join a conference call with group to clarify other changes 1030 Vendor sending out people in “distrusted status”. Given no choice, the weekend manager has to work with them 1630 Checked in due completion of the tasks not being reported, this was taking too long but they were in the later stages. Sunday 0115 – The on-call didn’t answer the phone. The on-call back-up referred Ops to me since my changes on Saturday involved taking devices offline that now were giving alerts. Luckily, I was up doing quality assurance for Texas brewers at the Ft.Worth Gingerman. The problem? During the maintenance window, systems couldn’t communicate to other systems through the offline devices. Guess what? There were going to be brought back with resets done every Saturday. We’ve only been doing stuff like this for almost a year and it seems people in my own group don’t know this. Now I’m researching why: Last night was different with alerts People’s heads are up their butts I remember earning a living by flipping burgers as Zen-like. Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: LTJ Bukem - Demons Theme II (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, April 25th, 2008
10:48 pm	Let’s Party Like It’s 1759 The Patio People invade during warm weather and last night, they attacked Trinity Hall. Luckily the battle-hardened staff adeptly threw beer grenades with deadly accuracy [lemon wedge optional] and managed to deal with our section’s devotion to Guinness quite well. New Castle reps plied us with samples and trivia questions which yielded bottle shaped mini flashlights that shined out the New Castle logo like the Batman spotlight. Which gave us an idea… As an experiment, we will be bringing a 26-inch diameter spotlight to the pub to shine at the bar when we want more pints. I’m sure the staff will love it, though it’s probably not worth the electrical surcharge Marius will stick on the bill. Speaking of signaling, PapaRyan is thinking of starting the Pancho's of Irish pubs. McPancho's -raise the Irish flag when you want more. We’re going to have to pick a night where we can seriously finish off some stout before the business model is sound. We’ll drink until it makes sense. Official Party Business – Appearing Soon on a Milk Carton Attendance has steadily dropped with about half the regulars MIA. One half is concerned about the other half. If we could have an MTV Real World – Mockingbird Station, well that would solve most of the problems for finding time to make it over for a drink. FizzDog could have a tap line run into the condo they constructed for us out of the old Chaucer’s space. I’m not so sure about turning the fountain in the square into a hot tub though. Ludicrous Meeting Statistics Appetizer mooching: offered Free Pint: 25% of one Jameson shots: 0 Underage drinker: at 1 yr. 4 months its ok -he wasn't driving Lewd Castle: taste the blue star Teapot: 0 Lost: 4 Medelin Cartel Sandwich: 0 Smoking strategy meat: 24+ hrs Smoking strategy tobacco: 1 Riverdance Hoedown: 0 Ol' Gil Sighting: 1 Drained keg: not enough participants Foot fetish camera tradition: no snake, no feet Irish Feng Shui: deconstruction Current Mood: mellow Current Music: Steve Roach - A Deeper Silence (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
5:45 pm	Not a Booty or Crank Call or Even a Wrong Number Have you ever been doused with icewater and then tazered for good measure prior to sleep? Late last night, about 30 minutes before bed, I lounged on the couch and then as I picked up a book, my cell phone went off. The older you get, late night calls become less frequent and are usually unpleasant. PadreDiablo called to tell me that my sister was in a rollover auto accident on SUNDAY. His intuition was correct; no one fucking called me. Fear and sorrow quickly gave way to anger, which ushered out any bit of sleep in me. She’s OK – sore and just a cut on her hand. The other person just came out with just a dented bumper. The worst part is that it was her fault, the vehicle is probably totaled and she only carried liability insurance. I’ll see her this weekend when she and MadreDiablo come up for NephewDiablo’s bday. Soooo…it took about two hours for me to cool off enough to attempt sleep. Current Mood: tired Current Music: VoiVod - Phobos (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, April 21st, 2008
6:10 am	Release from Captivity 042108 Tonight, I will sleep as a free man. No more disturbing calls at night –work related anyways. I can move about without worry, my plans will not be squashed. I am no longer on-call. I can’t believe how easy this tour of duty was with only one hell night. Usually all kinds of weird stuff happens when I’m on-call and getting resources on a weekend can be slow. Now the machines call someone else to say they’re broken… Current Mood: grateful (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 20th, 2008
10:22 pm	In The Name of Lust Lust, tonight's featured Seventh Deadly Sin on Viva Hollywood got Quetzie revved up. The highlights: Naked yoga in which lower body parts were covered with cartoon sombreros and for the ladies, their maracas were covered with, well...maracas. Genius. Chica on Chica action scene. After the show, I declined Quetzie's invitation to go down to The Million Dollar Saloon -I've got to work tomorrow. Rumor has it there's a Maria Conchita Alonso look-a-like dancing there. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Averse Sefira - Tetragrammatical Astygmata - Plagabraha (Comment on this)
10:17 am	Day 6 of Captivity 042008 No disturbing calls last night so I slept like normal people get to. That doesn’t mean things didn’t break but with other members of my group working on projects mean they get hit up by operations while they're on the phone with them. Today is 4.20 so you know what that means. That’s right, the new Cannabis Corpse CD, Tube of the Resinated, is being released. Now to get the cerveza iced down, Quetzie’s coming over to watch Viva Hollywood. So until the machines call me to say they’re broken… Current Music: Cannabis Corpse – Mummified in Bongwater (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
8:29 pm	Day 5 of Captivity 041908 No disturbing calls last night so I slept like normal people get to. Until 8am, when another systems guy called when he should’ve just emailed that he was following through with a request. I’ll fix that going forward. Small Victories – Luck Shines Down My mistake on a processor model change was over instead of under so capacity wasn't affected. That left software costs but the DR coordinator said there's billing issues already and this is nothing. Left the pizza buffet right as two school busses full of kids pulled up. I took these as positive signs and immediately procured Lotto tickets. New Beer! This is my favorite SoCal brewer and I haven’t had the Porter before. Ballast Point Big Eye I.P.A. Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter Keg time at Blake&steins last night. Stayed a little later than I should of. Now to enjoy fresh air and gloat over the new beer until the machines call me to say they’re broken… Current Mood: happy Current Music: Tarja - Damned and Divine (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, April 18th, 2008
8:51 am	Day 4 of Captivity 041808 No disturbing calls last night so I slept like normal people get to. The Disaster Recovery Test ran late, allowing me to have a nice dinner and a pint at Trinity Hall. The new automation worked for the restores, which minimized my work time and maximized my beer & metal time. I’m adhering to my new policy to not do any TPU [thought processing unit] intensive work until after lunch when I’m on-call. Now to bide my time until the machines call me to say they’re broken… Current Mood: dirty Current Music: Hearse - Intoxication (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
10:53 am	Day 3 of Captivity 041708 No disturbing calls last night but I didn’t sleep like normal people get to. Starting at 03:50, I joined in our Disaster Recovery Test. The good news was that the automation for the upgrades worked. That was an hour and a half of waiting around. I met with Hypnos and Morpheus after that, however it wasn’t a good meeting. My brain resides in a sleep-deprived fog. I found errors from yesterday –I thought I was fine then- and found some more today. Luckily they’re small and the change they’re related to is on Saturday. My new policy is to not do any TPU [thought processing unit] intensive work until after lunch when I’m on-call. Now to attend the weekly staff meeting that is a major downer and bide my time until the machines call me to say they’re broken… Current Mood: z0mBiFieD Current Music: Behexen - Watchers of My Black Temple (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
1:21 pm	Day 2 of Captivity 041608 Quite a disturbing night. Forget sleeping like normal people. Starting at 01:30, I began hourly touch points dealing with multiple failed hard drives in the same box. It got interesting when a drive that was spared to signaled failure. Luckily it was a blocked port [1 of 2] and it finished the copy back. It all finished by 06:00. Lovely. I feel fine as I held an emergency meeting with Hypnos and Morpheus from 8-9:30. Tomorrow is the Disaster Recovery Test that starts at 4am. I hope the automation works for the upgrades this time. Now to try to wake up a bit more and bide my time until the machines call me to say they’re broken… Current Mood: blah Current Music: Deicide (3 Comments |Comment on this)