election coverage 2008

i don't know why, but i find both of these clips amusing. is it cheese? i dunno. seems cheesy to me. i tried finding a mccain spot that was in spanish, but there were none.

hello again.

tonight was both eventful and boring. i spent a lot of it talking about soulmates with a good friend of mine. i feel like i've only met one once in my life, and they're gone now so it really doesn't leave me much to write about. i'm not totally saddened by this, but i guess its kind of an interesting or not-so-interesting fact. bleh.

tonight has been more about drinking than it has about thought, so i'll just stop while i'm behind.

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from the weather service...

Special Weather Statement

LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE- EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE- KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE- KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK- ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES- GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO... BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE... BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE... BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE... KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO... HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 553 PM CST FRI FEB 1 2008

...EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...

EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. VERY DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. GRASSES ARE CURED AND PLENTIFUL RESULTING AMPLE FUEL FOR GRASS AND WILDLAND FIRES.

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON TUESDAY.

TEXANS FACE SEVERE DANGER OF WILDFIRE. BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT CAUSE SPARKS OR FIRES. SPARKS CAN EASILY ESCAPE FROM BURNING TRASH. AVOID USE OF WELDING OR GRINDING EQUIPMENT NEAR WEEDS AND GRASS. AVOID PARKING VEHICLES IN TALL...DRY GRASS AND WEEDS THAT COULD BE IGNITED BY HOT CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. WHEN IN YOUR VEHICLE... CRUSH SMOKING MATERIALS IN YOUR ASHTRAY AND MAKE SURE THEY AREA REALLY OUT.

a favourite

i should have been asleep hours ago, but i've been doing this or that and before i knew it, it was 2am. i discovered this radio station some time ago, and its been a while since i've given it a listen. i'm glad to report it has only gotten better since turning into an internet only station.

right now i'm listening to the stream in aacPlus format. it sounds really good for only being 32kbps. at this speed you might even get decent results on dialup...

anywho, i downloaded the vlc player to try out this format. aside from not supporting the format, windows media player is acting flaky after an upgrade to the latest version (imagine that). i was very pleasantly surprised and will probably not go back to listening via streaming mp3 or streaming windows media.

i find it really cool that it always displays the name of the song is playing too. oh, and on the website they show the last few songs played. hmm, some of the last couple of songs are just eh. but they do have a section with some archived broadcasts that i would recommend giving a listen if you have a few hours to kill, and a connection to the internet. i for one will be killing time with the 97 best of 2007 show tomorrow.

new look, same crap lens

i'm finally getting new glasses. i've been meaning to do it for the longest time. rthe pair i'd been using broke ecently and so i went ahead and got my exam last week so that i could get a new pair. part of the exam involved dilating the pupils, and for some reason i decided to try and pick out frames AFTER dilation. i decided that since i'm so indecisive and since i couldn't really see what i was buying, i would put it off.

i've been depending on contacts for a week, but today i went back for a checkup and decided to go with the frames i had picked out. they should be ready soon, and in the meantime i put the lenses from my old pair into a new frame. its nothing spectacular, but its nice to have a decent 30 dollar backup. they'll also be getting me by until my new ones come in.

i couldn't decide which photoshopped picture i liked better, so i figured why not both? in case i haven't mentioned it before (or if you missed it), clicking on a picture will allow you to see the whole thing. for some reason blogger likes to cut them in half, and i don't like to shrink them even more.

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