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  <title>Darkhand Brackstone</title>
  <subtitle>Darkhand Brackstone</subtitle>
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    <name>Darkhand Brackstone</name>
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  <updated>2007-01-18T09:27:42Z</updated>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:97450</id>
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    <title>Ellen and Dave Together Forever</title>
    <published>2007-01-18T09:27:42Z</published>
    <updated>2007-01-18T09:27:42Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I know I haven't posted on here in a while, mostly because I've been using myspace a lot. I have posted this on my myspace but I wanted to echo it here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Incase you haven't heard it before Ellen and I will be together forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realized something after we had our party this past weekend, when Ron told me he didn't know Ellen and I were going to get engaged. Maybe I really wasn't telling everyone because I thought that I should probably wait until we are actually engaged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But tonight I realized that engagement and weddings are a mere formality compared to what's inside of me. The deep love and appreciation don't change after I propose, they won't change after we get married. It's merely a way of stating to the whole world that this is the person I want to spend the rest of my life with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I wanted to state it now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the year I will be proposing to Ellen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love Ellen. She means everything to me, we have been through a lot together and if anything were to happen to her I can't imagine life without her. I've felt strongly about women before, I've lusted, I've pined, I've loved.  But not the same way with Ellen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realized recently, I don't know why, just how much she actually means to me. I've been reminiscent of the years before. Why? Because now I look back on our four years and just go "wow" I can't imagine where we ended up. This is what you always want, this is what you always GO for, but it still surprises me that I can say "I love Ellen and I want to be with her forever".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From this day forward I pledge to her and to the world my undying loyalty and love. I've chosen to be with Ellen above all others and noone else will do. I love Ellen dearly and I'd do anything to protect her and our happiness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you honey!</content>
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    <title>Outsourced to India? This'll make you feel better.</title>
    <published>2006-12-08T19:09:41Z</published>
    <updated>2006-12-08T19:09:41Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&amp;storyid=2006-12-08T132146Z_01_DEL344445_RTRUKOC_0_US-INDIA-CONDOMS-SIZE.xml"&gt;http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&amp;storyid=2006-12-08T132146Z_01_DEL344445_RTRUKOC_0_US-INDIA-CONDOMS-SIZE.xml&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:97017</id>
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    <title>What is this thing on my face ( OR ) Does this make Cyber-Goth Chicks want me?</title>
    <published>2006-07-11T16:28:43Z</published>
    <updated>2006-07-11T16:28:43Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I'm not really interested in playing ketchup, so lets just focus on the present.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have 9 Apnea Attacks an hour when I'm going from Light to Medium Sleep.&lt;br /&gt;I have 40 Apnea Attacks when I go from REM sleep to Deep Sleep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's all this mean? Well I get really shitty sleep and I'm never rested. It explains a lot that has been going on with me that many people don't know about. I have pain every day. It hurts to get up, bend over, lift things, you name it. I also have been losing a lot of my mental focus due to the lack of deep sleep causing a Mental Fog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So last night I tried to sleep with &lt;a href="http://comfortgel.respironics.com/Default.asp"&gt;the mask&lt;/a&gt; for the first time. I felt like the subject describes. I'm probably going to have to shave my moustache for a little while until I can get use to the mask on my face. If I can't sleep with this mask I have to have an operation that has a 40% chance to improve my condition by 50%. Not good odds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So after not falling asleep for 3 hours (I think) I finally took the mask off and got a few hours of normal sleep. I'm hoping tonight goes a lot better.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:96689</id>
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    <title>100% to Make you Laugh</title>
    <published>2006-06-29T16:41:39Z</published>
    <updated>2006-06-29T16:41:39Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://spikedhumor.com/articles/37345/Sauna_Pranks_In_Japan.html"&gt;http://spikedhumor.com/articles/37345/Sauna_Pranks_In_Japan.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Absolutely Insane, I wish you could get away with these pranks in America. But you'd probably get sued for like $10,000,000,000 or some crap cause nobody in this country has a sense of humor when they can collect a pay check.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:96095</id>
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    <title>Dont' buy Verizon Wireless Bluetooth Phones</title>
    <published>2006-05-27T23:01:05Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-27T23:01:05Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Verizon Wireless disables certain features of the bluetooth device. Like the ability to transfer files between your PC/MAC and your phone if you use your phone to take pictures. I know this is true because I recorded a video on my phone then tried to transfer it to my Mac. I assumed it was just a limitation of the phone but to know that Verizon is disabling this feature is TRULY frustrating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the article:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bluetomorrow.com/content/section/264/384/"&gt;http://www.bluetomorrow.com/content/section/264/384/&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:95523</id>
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    <title>So Best Buy TV Repairs...</title>
    <published>2006-05-06T16:18:04Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-06T16:18:04Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Instead of lots of paragraphs I'm going with a timeline in a horizontal fashion. This is to show you how easy the repairs SHOULD be, but how quickly they can get fucked up. Does this story have a happy ending? Find out!.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a story about our 50" DLP TV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First Repair&lt;br /&gt;1. Our TV Breaks&lt;br /&gt;2. BB Fixes it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second Repair&lt;br /&gt;1. Our TV Breaks&lt;br /&gt;2. BB Fixes it (supposedly)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simple so far Eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Third Repair&lt;br /&gt;1. Our TV Breaks&lt;br /&gt;2. BB Sends someone out to fix it&lt;br /&gt;3. They call me ask for a lamp # and tell me to look in the wrong location for it (it was inside the TV so I wasn't going to see it)&lt;br /&gt;4. I tell them I don't have the information so they say they are going ahead and sending out a technician and will give me a call back&lt;br /&gt;5. Nobody calls for 2 weeks I call them up and then they ask me for the lamp # again which I don't see cause it's IN the TV&lt;br /&gt;6. Now repeat steps 3 - 5 two more times&lt;br /&gt;7. I call up BB and complain and then the original company no longer wants to work with me so they send me a part to replace&lt;br /&gt;8. 2 Weeks later the part arrives they sent the wrong part &lt;br /&gt;9. I call BB back they apologize and find me another company&lt;br /&gt;10. The new company sends a guy out&lt;br /&gt;11. The guy tells he plugged in my TV and it's now working fine (You could make the TV work for a while by unplugging and replugging it back in, but it would only last a few hours) me he can't diagnose or fix the TV even though I am able to tell him what LEDs were flashing on front of the TV. So he LEAVES because it works for 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;12. The next day the TV wont' turn on anymore.&lt;br /&gt;13. I call up the TV repair company and tell them that the SAME problem is happening, but instead of sending people out to my house to fix it they just order the parts for my TV. *GASP* Why did the other guy put up such a fight about it? I'm telling THESE people what's happening over the phone but that wasn't good enough for him?&lt;br /&gt;14. Wait 2 weeks call the TV company back, my part still hasn't arrived&lt;br /&gt;15. Repeat step 14&lt;br /&gt;16. I call the TV repair place and they inform me the part is on Backorder with Samsung and they do not know when a new one will arrive.&lt;br /&gt;17. Finally decide to call Best Buy and complain they said they try to convince me to send another group of technicians to my house to verify the TV was broke and I told them just call the place I am working with currently. They agree and let me know a "Special Investigation Team" will call me back.&lt;br /&gt;18. Thankfully the TV repair team calls me back and informs me that they called up the repair shop and confirmed my story. They tell me that they will replace my TV.&lt;br /&gt;19. I goto Best Buy to swap my TV and the guy there (Very nice guy) named Jon tells me to pick out anything LESS THAN $4,000 (because we paid $3,999 for the TV the first time). This is to good to be true, I find her, the perfect TV, and it only costs $300 more! I ask if I can pay the difference and he says yes. I scream like a giddy school girl inside my head.&lt;br /&gt;20. When we get to the register it turns out they authorized a return on our 32" LCD that I just recently purchased, not the 50" that I have been calling about for the past 5 months (ARGH!). The guy there Jon tells me he will do his best to make sure they stick to their word but lets me know that the only reason it happend so quickly was because they thought it was brand new. He informed me he will have an answer in 48 hours (sigh more waiting)&lt;br /&gt;21. He calls me back and tells me everything is go!&lt;br /&gt;22. Today I go into the store and now I order the brand new TV!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So without Further Ado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE NEW 67" TV :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/DLPTV/HLR6768WXXAA.asp"&gt;http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/DLPTV/HLR6768WXXAA.asp&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>WoW Addiction</title>
    <published>2006-05-02T15:16:48Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-02T15:16:48Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Well on your way!&lt;br /&gt;You are 71% Addicted!  &lt;br /&gt;You play a lot, and you're starting to get hooked. Keep it up and soon you too will be part of the ever-growing group that is totally addicted. Or, see the warning signs now and get out while you still can!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=7630199738550734280"&gt;http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=7630199738550734280&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:95053</id>
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    <title>Hey Shana and Nick</title>
    <published>2006-04-24T11:54:48Z</published>
    <updated>2006-04-24T11:54:48Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I'm going to the MVS today on my lunch break so I can get my exam permit for Motorcycle. I know one of you guys said you were going to take a course somewhere, can you tell me when you guys are going?</content>
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    <title>Of Corporations and Men</title>
    <published>2006-03-31T12:33:46Z</published>
    <updated>2006-03-31T12:33:46Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Let's face it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day by Day we are losing our grip on America. I now know several people that have been laid off/cut back/whatever. But before you ask yourself no this isn't a rant on how about American Jobs are being exported (I'll save that for another day). This is about how the corporations are in power over the employees/citizens of this country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to bring everyone up to speed on what's happend to me over the past several months (since I haven't been updating).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had the chance to get a job due to a great friend (Beau) calling in a favor for me. I went in for an interview and ended up applying for what I thought was a better job due to my current skillset. I was very pleased, very very pleased.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I interviewed for the job I told them that I was looking to get paid $40,000 a year. They said OK it's $44,000 starting anyway "great" I say to myself. Next they explain that I'll basically be working a swing shift Either Sunday - Wednesday or Wednesday to Saturday and the hours are 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM or 11:00 PM till 10:00 AM. I explain to them that I can't work Wednesday to Saturday after another 1/2 of Q&amp;A the interview is over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I get the job then obviously quit my current job since this had a higher starting pay then what I was currently earning, and more room for growth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward 1 month. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I get the job and a $10,000 a year paycut they tell me "You don't have enough experience with the Spectrum Analyzer". Then when I inquire about my schedule I'm told "The schedules aren't decided yet" I explain again that I can't work Wednesday to Saturday and they don't really have a good answer for that. I have 2 other guys that I'm competing for a schedule with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward 6 months&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The entire department, not just me and 2 other guys, is turned upside down. Nobody has the schedule they used to have except for 2 guys. All new schedules are slotted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 People Monday to Wednesday with 3 schedules (Morning, Afternoon, Evening)&lt;br /&gt;6 People Wednesday to Saturday with 3 schedules (Morning, Afternoon, Evening)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and the 11:00 PM till 10:00 AM? That doesn't Start on Sunday or Wednesdays, that starts on Saturday and Tuesday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So basically if I took a midnight shift, which is probably the only thing I'd get, I'd be going in at 11:30 PM SATURDAY NIGHT and working until 10:00 AM till Sunday Morning. So there are only 2 shifts I can take.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and how are they deciding who gets what? Seniority. That's right I busted my ass for a whole-lotta-nothin as it looks right now. Because it seems like I won't get the schedule I told them I'd work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm losing sleep and totally stressed out about the fact of being either unemployed or never seeing my friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now it would have been BEST if I got the job offer/schedule down in writing before I accepted this job. However it was in my excitement (first REAL job) that I overlooked this factor. However with how they are currently treating me I believe if I asked for it in writing I wouldn't have had a job at all. Nor would a lot of people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm curious how many people who say "Can I get it in writing?" actually end up with a job. Lets face it, if you get it in writing, it leaves the employer pretty much powerless to ever do anything without your permission first. But in today's world everyone just needs to WORK and people are having a hard enough time doing that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are people that have worked for this company for over 20 years and they are telling them "Sorry but its this way or the highway".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to go in and argue for my rights here even though it was just a verbal agreement and their were two other managers present. But in all honesty I doubt the other managers are going to stick up for me and I can't blame them. Because if I get the schedule I want that means someone who has been there longer won't get the schedule they deserve. Is that my problem? No, because I'm just taking what was promised to me. But it's still pretty fucked up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I need to get myself away from corporations eventually because I just don't feel anyone with a job in a large corporation in a non-managerial posistion is really safe.</content>
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    <title>Such Utter Bullshit - Gas Prices Up and Up and UP!</title>
    <published>2006-03-13T06:13:33Z</published>
    <updated>2006-03-13T06:13:33Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/12/gas.prices/index.html"&gt;http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/12/gas.prices/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CNN) -- Prices jumped nearly 11 cents over the past two weeks to $2.35 for a gallon of regular-grade gasoline, even though the price of crude oil dropped, a national survey said Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The hike obliterates the 9-cent drop that had begun January 20, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Those five weeks of declines were due largely to our being at the bottom of our gasoline-demand curve," she said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The price rise came even as the cost of a barrel of crude fell from $62.91 on February 24 to $59.96 last Friday -- a 7-cent-per-gallon drop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lundberg said an expected increased demand for gasoline in the spring and new government gasoline formulation requirements conspired to drive up prices at the pump.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prices are not likely to fall any time soon, she said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"With our demand building and those new recipe requirements coming into effect, gas prices will most likely surge much higher," she predicted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Some of those regulations are seasonal in nature; they become more severe and more expensive as the weather gets warmer."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prices in Newark, New Jersey, were the lowest, at $2.15 for a gallon of self-serve regular; they were highest in Honolulu, Hawaii, at $2.63 per gallon, she said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The survey was carried out March 10. The previous survey was carried out February 24.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following are some other cities' prices for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Charleston, South Carolina: $2.19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Salt Lake City, Utah: $2.25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Dallas, Texas: $2.28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Atlanta, Georgia: $2.29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: $2.32&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Las Vegas, Nevada: $2.38&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Cleveland, Ohio: $2.39&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Los Angeles, California: $2.55</content>
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    <title>Anyone want to go clothe shopping?</title>
    <published>2006-02-24T23:37:12Z</published>
    <updated>2006-02-24T23:37:12Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I need to get some new clothes, anyone want to go shopping with me?</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:93957</id>
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    <title>Taking the Plunge</title>
    <published>2006-02-01T01:21:38Z</published>
    <updated>2006-02-01T01:21:38Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/brackstone"&gt;Find me on MySpace and be my friend!&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:93943</id>
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    <title>New Phone but No Numbers</title>
    <published>2006-01-12T00:00:28Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-12T05:55:38Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Ok everyone here is the deal. I got a new Treo 650 Smartphone about two weeks ago to use as a Brain Augmentation Device (so I don't forget to do shit). However this new phone is devoid of phone numbers both new and old. Coming with this new phone is also the feature to store Various bits of data such as Birthdays and what have you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I'm going to TRY to get everyones information from Ellen, however if you would like to guarantee yourself a place in the annals of my digital rolodex please post here and I'll make sure one way or another I get you into my contact list on my computer so I can sync it to my phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;P.S.&lt;/font&gt; If nobody replies to this I WILL NOT TAKE OFFENSE. I'm sure Ellen has most of your information I just wanted to also let people know that if you haven't heard from me lately is because I have LOST your number and I need to get it again. If I really can't find you I'll probably post your name here and ask you to send me an e-mail or something of that sort.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:93606</id>
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    <title>darkhand @ 2005-12-28T18:17:00</title>
    <published>2005-12-28T23:17:33Z</published>
    <updated>2005-12-28T23:17:33Z</updated>
    <content type="html">If you've ever done lots of acid and played 8 to 16 bit games at the same time, this will probably be like a flashback to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If not...well...you won't understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hcn.zaq.ne.jp/cabic508/rsf/frame1.html"&gt;Michael Jackson Forever!&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:darkhand:93381</id>
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    <title>Hmmm...Volunteering?</title>
    <published>2005-11-23T23:04:17Z</published>
    <updated>2005-11-23T23:04:17Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://sexy.namedecoder.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://sexy.namedecoder.com/webimages/roseskull-m-DAVID.png" width="240" height="180" alt="Dreamy Adonis Volunteering Intense Delights" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>The most pathetic review ever</title>
    <published>2005-11-11T12:50:40Z</published>
    <updated>2005-11-11T12:50:40Z</updated>
    <content type="html">So I still haven't spent the money I received from my birthday. And I want to get these surround sound headphones so I was trying to find reviews of the NEW version and I have to say this is the most pathetic review of any product ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.techniz.co.uk/modules.php?name=Reviews&amp;rop=showcontent&amp;id=287"&gt;http://www.techniz.co.uk/modules.php?name=Reviews&amp;rop=showcontent&amp;id=287&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They're uhh Headphones and uhm...they produce sound...and uhh they're mostly grey, great job Zalman!</content>
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    <title>One Dave to rule them all!</title>
    <published>2005-10-22T15:25:42Z</published>
    <updated>2005-10-22T15:26:26Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tk421.net/character/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tk421.net/character/aragorn.jpg" width="191" height="233" style="border-color:#f8f8ff;" border="2" alt="Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You?" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Putting your appointed path ahead of any inner conflicts, you make your own rules for the benefit of all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If my life or death I can protect you, I will."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aragorn is a character in the Middle-Earth universe. There is a description of him at TheOneRing.net.</content>
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    <title>Do your part! Fight the Loss of Jobs!</title>
    <published>2005-08-24T05:58:32Z</published>
    <updated>2005-08-24T05:58:32Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4134&amp;amp;n=1"&gt;Please help support!&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>*sigh* Another Sleepless Night</title>
    <published>2005-06-27T09:54:34Z</published>
    <updated>2005-06-27T09:54:34Z</updated>
    <content type="html">While I am feeling better I am still unable to sleep. I think the air conditioner has started to go on the fritz again. How can I tell? Well probably because it was 85+ degrees in the house again today. So that "Freon Leak" that needs to be refilled once a year. Is probably a whole helluvalot worse then my insurance company and Air Rhino wants to believe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So where does this leave me? Sitting up at 5:30 AM writing you stories. I'm supposed to goto work tomorrow but I won't be going in if it means getting 2 and 1/2 hours of sleep when I'm just feeling better that's for sure. Why? Cause if I get anymore sick I'll have to pay CASH for that. I dont' have any insurance and I'll be damned if I'm going to set myself back hundreds upon hundreds of dollars in medical fees for a job that's only paying me $10 an hour. I'd rather be sick and un-employed for another week or two and then go work the crappy shift at the CVS on route 10.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I truly hope my work is understanding in this aspect. I remember reading something in the company manual about if you're sick for more than 3 days you need a doctors note. So I'm going to bring in the first page of my discharge papers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*sigh*</content>
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    <title>Thanks for all the support</title>
    <published>2005-06-24T15:35:32Z</published>
    <updated>2005-06-24T15:35:32Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Thanks for all the support comments. I just woke up so I don't know how I'm going to feel just yet cause I always feel very sick in the morning. I can tell you that my should hurts like a mofo right now. I hope I feel better in a bit :|</content>
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    <title>You Have A... (straight from the sheet)</title>
    <published>2005-06-23T17:20:56Z</published>
    <updated>2005-06-23T17:20:56Z</updated>
    <content type="html">---Upper Respritory Infection (Cold)---&lt;br /&gt;Treat to relieve cold symptoms includes:&lt;br /&gt;* Bed rest, increading fuild intake, and using a vaporizizer&lt;br /&gt;* Throat Lozenges and cough medicine&lt;br /&gt;* Nose Spray decongestants&lt;br /&gt;* Blow Jobs from women (I swear this is on there)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---Cerumen Impaction---&lt;br /&gt;Your exam shows there was a cerumen impaction. This means the wax in your ear formed a plug causing you to not hear shit and think you hear super crazy stuff. We removed this wax for you, kthx.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---Heart Condition---&lt;br /&gt;Heart BPM: 130+&lt;br /&gt;Doctor Says: You need to goto a Clinic if you can't afford a hospital. If you get chest pains or palpitations call 911 immidieatly or come back to the hospital.</content>
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    <title>Air Conditioner Part Deux</title>
    <published>2005-06-09T23:50:09Z</published>
    <updated>2005-06-09T23:50:09Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I dunno if anyone remembers our fun air conditioning experience last year. Where we got a whole new unit and everything worked fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well that didn't last very long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was 100 degrees in this room up here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I jerry-rigged a portable air conditioner to work in this room by making a fake wall for the air to go out of. It's a long story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Needless to say I just wanted to warn everyone that if you plan on coming over within the near future you have one of two options.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Call beforehand&lt;br /&gt;2) Be prepared to see me nude (No Flash Photography)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is all.</content>
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    <title>Day 136</title>
    <published>2005-05-23T00:26:19Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-23T00:26:19Z</updated>
    <content type="html">My computer is down, AGAIN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm just going to buy another motherboard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does anyone want to help me list all the crap I need to sell on my computer on ebay? If so please let me know. I'm just too lazy to start doing it on my own right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please have your own mode of transportation though. None of this "Well you can bring the stuff over to my house!" If I'm too lazy to list it on my own why would I be motivated to drive to your house and list it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's what I thought :P</content>
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    <title>*sigh*</title>
    <published>2005-05-21T00:34:45Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-21T00:34:45Z</updated>
    <content type="html">It's frustrating when your hobbies that make you happy seem to just make you more uspet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So it was another night of me playing the guitar and singing by myself for about an hour. I feel like I need a band to record tracks with because my friend Jesse is less than available. He's always busy with this or that. But it's nigh impossible to find band members because it seems like everyone out there is already in a band and just looking to fill a slot for a singer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even when I do manage to hang out with Jesse I seem to spend more time trying to figure out how to get pro-tools to do what the hell I want it to then actually recording stuff *sigh*.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have other stuff that's bothering me too but I didnt' really feel like talking about it. This seems to make me the most upset right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellen and I are going out. Maybe that will make me happier.</content>
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    <title>Ok So I've been quiet...</title>
    <published>2005-05-05T19:42:41Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-05T19:42:41Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Well I guess I'll finally make an update. This update will be brief as I really don't feel like typing out every single event. But I wanted everyone to be able to understand what is happening in my life. If anyone wants full details well you just have to ask me when I see you in person or something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know how many of you knew him or not but my friend Kenny killed himself. This is pretty upsetting to me because he was one of the first people that introduced me to pagaism. He taught me pratically everything I know and he was always a dear friend to me. When I got rid of a lot of people in my life I only ended up keeping about 4 people. Rich, Jesse, Jason, and Kenny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really loved Kenny a lot...I never told him that I don't think. But we we're guys and I think we expressed love with punches and jokes and crap. Oh well...I still wish I told him that I did. But I digress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward to the party (2 days before Kenny died)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kenny for those of you that knew him was a devout pagan, kabalist, etc. Basically anything but a bible lover. That's not to say he hated anyone that worshiped the bible, but he just didn't beleive in it. When he was at my house for the party he was talking with Jenine (SP?) all night about daemonism and kabalism and also talking about the errors in the bible. And how it was altered and changed, and they left out chapters that people we're finding etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward to the day I learned Kenny Died&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just got home from work and Ellen let me know. Rich was very upset as was Jesse. Jesse had gone out drinking so he was probably already drunk. So I call Rich and we talk a while, it's a very sad conversation. Rich was basically keeping himself busy working on his computer and I was keeping myself busy with video games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know in my mind that since June (Kenny's Mother) who converted from being a Pagan to a Born Again Christian a year or so ago would have a priest at the ceremony. This initially enrages me but then I realize that she feels like she HAS to do it or his son will goto hell. So then I am ok if god is mentioned during the ceremony because Kenny and I believe in god anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward to the wake (the second viewing)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So enters the priest? I see a man in a shiny sort of vest with buttons on one side and a high color. The vest is grey and matches his khaki sort of pants. "Oh great" I think to myself, as I realize this man is from the Southern Baptist church. If there is one thing Kenny hated it was the Southern Baptist church with all the singing and dancing. It really pissed him off. This pastor did piss Kenny off as well because he often told Kenny that god speaks through him and when god does speak through him the pastor speaks in tounges. Kenny though this was very blasphemous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fine fine, I say to myself. This is someone June knows personally so she probably feels better with him doing the ceremony. I had all these thoughts within half a second.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then what seemed to be a bad situation got worse, 3 more people follow the priest. The priest is carrying a bible and a very large notepad. Next a man enters with a boombox, next a woman enters, and finally a man enters with a video camera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I am in a sort of full panic mode. I'm trying to rationalize the boombox and the video camera and the bible. Trying to convince myself that they will not play Church Music AND Read Scriptures and passages from the Bible AND VIDEO TAPE THE WHOLE THING.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But sure enough I'm 100% wrong and everything I feared happend would. The second they flip on the boombox and take off the camera lens I walk out the door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm joined outside by quite a few people that are upset as well. One of the ushers come by and announces "The Funeral Services are starting if anyone is interested" someone standing close to him turns and says "No.". Someone standing next to me shared my frustration as well. I couldn't stand it anymore and I screamed "Bullshit" and walked away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to interrupt the service but everyone stopped me. I asked Rich if he would have wanted me to and he told me yes he would have. I know if someone tried to do this kind of stuff at MY funeral I'd want someone to stop whatever priest was up there. I feel like Kenny will hate me if I don't stop it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was outside with Rich and Jasmine being very upset. I'm joined later by Ellen. They are both pretty disgusted about what is happening in there. Ellen told me they we're reading for the scriptures, that really annoyed me. I explain I want to stop the ceremony and everyone agrees that what is best is when they ask people to come up and say last words that I should say something then.  Then my mother comes by later and says "Now his sister is reading a letter so you can come back in".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I go back in as she is finishing. They ask if anyone else wants to say something and I make sure that nobody else will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I go up and say a lot of nice things about Kenny. But then I end it with "I need to say this and I'm sorry if it offends any of you. But for those of you that didnt' know Kenny was a pagan and I'm pretty sure this whole ceremony would have pissed him off." I looked at the preacher while I was saying this. His chin held high and eyes squinting down upon me, as if he was trying to look at me from up in the heavens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didnt' know whether everyone would be mad or not so I planned on just going outside for a while because I knew everyone woudl be upset.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I'm walking away one of the Ushers (the people that work at the funeral home but don't know the family) whispers in my ear. "You really shouldn't have said that, what you did was wrong". I take two more steps and then I LOSE IT. I turn around and point my finger at him "HOW DARE YOU TELL ME WHAT TO SAY ABOUT KENNY. YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIM AND I WAS HIS FRIEND! FUCK YOU!". At this point everyone yells "HEY!" so I turn around and storm off. As I was walking out I felt bad about cursing but not about everything else I said. My next 3 steps I hear someone behind me screaming at me "Hey! I'm talking to you!" "HEY!! HEY YOU!!". So I walk out the door and this person is still behind me screaming. I turn to face him in the parking lot as he comes at me and he starts yelling at me "Who do you think you are?! How Dare you insult this family!!" and all I say is "Look I'm sorry about swearing, but I said what *UNF*" the unf is when he sucker punched me in the chest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I fall over and start to walk away as other people rush out of the funeral home. He's still screaming manaically behind me "Don't ever come near this family again! You see what I do to you if I see you again!!!" As I'm still walking away and looking over my shoulder occasionaly I'm making sure people are restraining him so I dont' have to defend myself. I'm actually also walking away from my car so I'm figuring out how to get to the rear of the home so I can just leave. All this time he is STILL screaming at me shouting various things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I see Josh walking up to me. Josh is Kenny's stepdad and someone else who introduced me to all things occult. I start walking over to him and I apologize to him for cursing and apologize for upsetting people. And he tells me that what I did was right and that I'm coming back inside with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As he startts shaking me hand I hear that raving lunatic in the background shouting "NO JOSH, DONT SHAKE HIS HAND, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?" Then Josh says something to the effect of I'm coming back inside and everything is ok at this point the guy FLIPS OUT and starts threatning josh "I don't care HOW BIG YOU ARE I'LL KNOCK YOU OVER TO GET TO HIM HE'S NOT COMING BACK INSIDE HE'S NOT!!" After listening to this guy scream for about another minute I told Josh "Look dont' worry about it, I'll just go home, I don't want to cause anymore problems."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again he yells "HOW DARE YOU INSULT THIS FAMILY" and then this is the only words I yelled back at him. "THIS ISN'T ABOUT KENNY'S FAMILY IT'S ABOUT KENNY. HE IS THE ONE WHO IS DEAD IN THERE. AND WE SHOULD HONOR THE WISHES OF THE DEAD!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At some point between there Rich goes up to him and says "Listen I was Kenny's best friend, and if anyone knows what he would want it's me. And I can tell you that ceremony is not what he wanted." Then the guy starts threatning Rich "YOU WANT TO START WITH ME TOO?!?!" Rich calmly replies "No, I'm just telling you that what went on with that ceremony is not what Kenny would have wanted. And if anyone knew what Kenny wanted it was me, I was his best friend his entire life."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now Josh is walking me past him and this guy is actually threatning to murder me screaming "I'll KILL YOU IF YOU COME NEAR THIS FAMILY AGAIN, YOU WANT AND SEE WHAt I DO TO YOU!!" Still shouting at me and I havent' said a word back to him. I'm tired of hearing him so I finally say "Yeah Yeah I'll make sure to get that on tape".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later I called the police and they informed me that since I'm not seriously injured they cannot arrest him, and since he wasn't holding a weapon when he threatend me they can't arrest him for that either. Even though there we're 20+ witnesses to his threats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So whatever, later on Josh comes back out to walk me back in so I can say my last goodbyes. This is where I lose it and start bursting out into tears on Kenny's Sisters' shoulder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's about the end right there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had Charlie there with me as well comforting me most of the day I just wanted to mention that. Charlie was one of Kenny's very close friends as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This guy who was shouting and screaming at me this whole time who supposedly knew Kenny so well was. 1.) Never present at any of Kenny's Birthday Parties 2) Never present at any New Years parties 3) Didn't know Rich (Kenny's best friend) 4) Didn't know me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that's what happend everyone.</content>
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