2006: Year in Review

Jerome was the assistant manager at Fareway Ames. I was at the time planning on going full-time in Ames, but that fell through and I started working at Boone.
Session Start: Tue Jan 03 19:39:58 2006
* Topic is 'HAPPY 2 0 0 6 The year of the bunny'
[19:41] [ducker] get fareway straightened out?
[19:44] [Ender] left a note for jerome
[19:44] [Ender] ;)
[19:47] [ducker] Jerome is my homie
[19:48] [lunchbox] Jerome is my bitch
[19:50] [ducker] ...
[19:50] [ducker] That answers a couple of questions.
[19:57] [ducker] jerome is a white guy.. that is crazy
[19:58] [Ender] against the very laws of nature that we've come to respect and ultimately ignore
[19:59] [ducker] yeah, but oh well.
[19:59] [ducker] you find lasely yet?
[19:59] [Ender] i just found out that there was another quake3 vid on that dvd that wasn't showing on the menus....it's tacked onto the end of the annihilation file
[19:59] [Ender] she's in CR
[20:00] [Ender] coming back tonight; went there with nathan
[20:00] [ducker] WHAT
[20:01] [Ender] yeah, that's weird that intervideo made that dvd that way
[20:01] [lunchbox] What wsa she doing in CR with Nathan? SERIOUSLY!
[20:01] [lunchbox] Should be here, with us!
[20:08] [ducker] oh well
[20:15] [ducker] TJ, you just wish Jerome were here.
[20:15] [lunchbox] Maybe.
[20:18] [lunchbox] I wish Carlie was here.
[20:20] [ducker] Who's that? Your fish?
[20:21] [lunchbox] My neice.
[20:21] [ducker] Your neice is a fish?
[20:30] [lunchbox] I'll show you a fish!

Library runs were quite often, just started living with my great roomate "Alfred", and the recent discovery of 'Ladytron'
Session Start: Wed Jan 04 11:06:44 2006
* Topic is 'HAPPY 2 0 0 6 The year of the bunny'
[11:34] [Ender] oh, the library says i have an overdue book
[11:34] [Ender] so i'm gonna go there and check if it's on the shelf
[11:34] [shannon] what book?
[11:34] [shannon] fine, i need yogart from fareway
[11:35] [shannon] and bread
[11:35] [Ender] you do not
[11:35] [shannon] yeah, i do
[11:35] [Ender] i can't get this toothbrush open!
[11:35] [shannon] use your teeth
[11:36] [Ender] clever.
[11:36] [shannon] i know
[11:36] [Ender] should you have to take a box cutter to freaking toothbrush packaging
[11:36] [shannon] probably not
[11:38] [Ender] alfred's toothpaste tastes like celery
[11:39] [shannon] nasty
[11:39] [Ender] *yum*
[11:39] [shannon] but i am sure it is healthy
[11:42] [Ender] you can tell a lot about a person from their toothpaste
[11:42] [Ender] well, i'm ready-
[11:43] [shannon] so am i
[11:44] [Ender] <--likes Ladytron
[11:44] [shannon] yikes, no thanks
[11:44] [Ender] ....why?
[11:44] [shannon] you said they were the female version of galvanize
[11:44] [shannon] enough said
[11:44] [Ender] female version of Chemical Brothers
[11:45] [shannon] whatever, you know what i meant
[11:45] [Ender] ok, gonna grab my coat then i'm on the way over
[11:45] * Ender is now known as Enderout

The birth of the blog
Session Start: Tue Apr 11 15:11:17 2006
* Topic is 'happy tuesday everyone... may the bunny be with you http://griffith-observatories.blogspot.com/'
[15:49] [ditchwater] sweet blog, ender
[15:49] [Ender] thank you
[15:51] [ditchwater] very cool look
[15:51] [pcguy54] where?
[15:52] [ducker] http://griffith-observatories.blogspot.com/
[15:52] [pcguy54] ok
[15:52] [Ender] thanks!
[15:53] [pcguy54] cool enough!
[15:54] [pcguy54] it is nestled safely in my Bookmarks
[15:54] [Ender] rock on
[15:54] [Ender] i wish i had music capabilities and perhaps a customizable background
[15:55] [ducker] i can do the background with HTML code
[15:55] [pcguy54] [go for it][15:55] [pcguy54] [/done]

New hardware (motherboard, and 320GB Hard Drive), along with GriffO's entry into WindowsXP
Session Start: Mon Apr 17 18:14:24 * Topic is 'http://griffith-observatories.blogspot.com/ Catch the 2006 'Brass Attack' Reunion at a venue near you!! (haha) happy easter, folks'[18:14] * Set by ditchwater on Sun Apr 16 07:41:56
[18:45] [Ender] Time: 6:45 PM WinXP Uptime: 49 Minutes 22 Seconds C Drive (fixed): 44.72 GB of 60.01 GB free D Drive (fixed): 5.93 GB of 120 GB free E Drive (cdrom): 0 GB of 0.05 GB free F Drive (fixed): 319.99 GB of 320.07 GB free Resolution: 1152x864
[18:45] [ditchwater] heh!

The reading of The Godfather which, as far as influence goes, is second only to Ender's Game....yeah, it's a big deal
Session Start: Thu Jun 08 18:24:36 2006 * Topic is 'Congratulations to ditchwater and lunchbox on escaping W.D. on May 28, 2006!
[01:04] [Ender] The Godfather is suprisingly good
[01:04] [Ender] i like it
[01:04] [ditchwater] neat
[01:04] [ditchwater] i should read it
[01:05] [Ender] i'm really not that far it
[01:05] [Ender] in**
[01:05] [ditchwater] (i couldn't find King Solomon's Mine, so i'm delaying that series)
[01:06] [Ender] public doesn't ahve it?
[01:06] [ditchwater] not that i've seen
[01:06] [Ender] that's ridiculous
[01:06] [ditchwater] i've only found Montezuma's Daughter and Allan Quatermain
[01:06] [Ender] i see
[01:07] [ditchwater] i want to read Godfather, though, b/c i'm interested in knowing the story
[01:07] [Ender] i suppose you could start with them
[01:07] [Ender] aye
[01:07] [ditchwater] i can never follow the movies too well
[01:07] [Ender] jenni said she loved the first one
[01:07] [ditchwater] it's really well done

Ditch's first day of classes at ISU
Session Start: Mon Aug 21 17:28:42 2006 * Topic is '2*** 4Welcome to HansenLabs IRC!1 - Welcome to Sunday, August 20, 2006 2***
[17:28] [ditchwater] different day
[17:28] [ditchwater] hey ender
[17:28] [Ender] what's going on, ditch?
[17:28] [Ender] how was the first day?
[17:28] [ditchwater] it was ok
[17:29] [PcGuy55] ahh
[17:29] [Ender] any good stories i missed?
[17:29] [ditchwater] hmm, i don't think so
[17:30] [Ender] how many classes you have?
[17:30] [Ender] (did you have)
[17:30] [ditchwater] 5 today
[17:31] [Ender] geez man
[17:31] [ditchwater] monday's the busiest
[17:31] [Ender] well, that's a good day to have as such
[17:31] [ditchwater] one of them is an 'honors seminar' though, which isn't much work
[17:31] [ditchwater] yeah
[17:31] [Ender] that's cool
[17:31] [Ender] it's all downhill from here
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Well, my eyes and neck are hurting like crazy...I've tried to capture some turning points of 2006 but all I believe I've done is scratch the surface. Yes, tons happened since August 21st, but I didn't see anything that warrented all the formating trouble it takes to get the text here. Scrolling through the logs, with hit-and-miss accuracy, sure isn't the way to do it, but it was enjoyable.