I'm seriously considering using WordPress to create the Scary-Crayon blog (which will be its own section, replacing the Site Talk block on the main page).

And I don't plan on having the blog ready for it, but the layout update should go up this weekend/early next week. I'm also thinking of using an embedded frame for the main and section archive pages, similar to what Matt recently did on X-Entertainment. That wouldn't be for the current layout mod, but it's a possibility for the future. It would definitely streamline things.

The freaknerds have left. Less than an hour to go.

THE FREAKNERDS ARE CURRENTLY MAKING ME WANT TO SHOOT MYSELF IN THE HEAD.

Another thing that pisses me off about them is that, for all of their freaknerdishness, the dork-trivia authoritative mien they exude, and the obvious fact that they have no lives outside of their geeky media pursuits, they really know jack shit about what they're talking about. (more...)

Only about an hour left before I skip out of here and embark on the long journey back via public transportation! Hurrah!

SO. Freaknerds. I figure the term is new to many of you out there, so I'll explain. Obviously, the term is a combination of the words "freak" and "nerd" -- and it's tempting to call them simply one or the other. They are very much like nerds of the Revenge of the Nerds variety -- loud, obnoxious, always cracking jokes in reference to something nerdy and never ever shutting up. That latter one is probably the main thing that keeps me out of their ranks, other than the fact that I actually put a modicum of effort into my appearance (and shower regularly). I hear their conversations loud and clear from my desk, and I get many of their references (including many of the Star Wars and Star Trek ones, though I'm not familiar with either franchise in a primary sense). But I'm not always talking. (more...)

So as those of you who checked out the Site Talk block on Scary-Crayon's main page already know, I turned twenty-three today. Rah. Not a lot happened. I went to work, came back here and messed around with graphics for SC's layout update for a few hours (alas, it looks like I may end up scrapping most of the work I did tonight and go a different route instead). Soon I'll go to bed, since I'd like to get more than the three hours of sleep I got last night. I didn't do anything fun, I didn't hang out with any friends (because I don't have any), and I certainly didn't get anything noteworthy as far as presents go (presents? from where would they come?) because nobody really gives a shit about me or my birthday. Yep. (more...)

Hello, readers! And welcome to my first post from the office. I don't anticipate doing too many of these, namely because writing blog entries on the clock really feels like slacking off to me, even though I'm not shirking any duties while doing so, as I stop typing to do my duties when the phone rings or someone needs me to help him/her with something in the office. Still, the interruptions are slightly annoying. Also, I dislike these computers. I know, for instance, that they must have better specs than ol' Sasquatch (my PII 400 mHz machine at the house, so named because the primary hard drive is a Quantum Bigfoot), and yet they still manage to run significantly more slowly than my longtime companion. (more...)