Oh darn. Not again.

It's that time of the year again.

I'm 24 years old now.

Here's to hoping I don't screw up as much this upcoming year as I did the last. =p

Leak? ...Oh. You're right. I -am- leaking.

Blood, that is.

On Friday, I hurt myself on the table saw. Actually, it's 4 wounds on my left hand in less than 10 minutes. How's THAT for a new record? I know, there's no need to say it. The level of awesome (retard) is mind boggling! I amaze myself sometimes.

I was trying to remove the blade since I needed to use a different one. Of course I shut the power off and turned off the breaker box. What do you take me for? An idiot? ...Oh wait, I am one. Moving on!

Whoever used the table saw before had tightened the nut on it like he was trying to strangle the damn thing. I'm sorry, buddy, but the table saw is an inanimate object. You can't kill it, much less hurt it. So as I'm struggling to loosen the nut, I feel it give a bit so I yank the wrench in the hopes of it coming loose. And it did! That's when my pinkie slammed into the table saw opening (not the blade) and left me with a nice gaping wound. I have a nice scar running from my first knuckle to the second knuckle. It's a beaut.

It hurt but it wasn't bleeding (not initially) so I didn't pay any attention to it. So I put my hand back in to unscrew the nut (that sounds so wrong) and I cut part of my palm on the blade. Whatever. I finally get the nut free (again, WRONG!) and bring it out. The edge of the pinkie finger were the nail connects to the skin? I get a cut there on the blade since my hand was balled up so the nut wouldn't fall out. (See what I did there?) Then I look at my wound and realize that I'm bleeding. Sorry, not bleeding. I was leaking at a pretty alarming rate. Therefore, I did the only logical thing: I started sucking on my finger. lol

As I turn to walk to the sink to wash hand and wound, I pass my hand over the saw blade and cut another part of my palm. BRILLIANT! 4 wounds on the same hand in less than 10 minutes. Am I amazing or am I amazing? =D

It's been 2 days now. It still !@#$%^&* hurts (thanks, FF7 Cid) and there's a nice scar. I would love to snap a photo of it and post it up but the quality on my camera phone sucks. Just use your imagination. Or I can show you. =D

Anymoo, I'm going to burn a DVD for a classmate and I'm going to head to bed.

Remember to stay away from skunks. That weird looking and bigger than average black cat you see? It's not a cat. Pray it doesn't turn around and moon you.

I liiiiiiive!

Or so I think. Wait, let me double check. ... ... Crud, I lost my mind. If anybody comes across it, please tell it to come home.

This past week has been a roller coaster. No, I wasn't ON a roller coaster. Learn you to read. It was one heck of a week full of frustrations that left me wanting to run through walls screaming like a demented cabinetmaker. Oh wait, I -am- a demented cabinetmaker. I just didn't want to hurt myself trying to run through those concrete walls.

Module 12 definitely isn't my module. Every Module 12 project so far has been screwed up by yours truly. Kickback on back piece of tool box? Check. Side piece of tool box being used as a test piece by classmate? Check. Drilling pocket hole on wrong side of table rail? Check. Almost cutting my fingers off on the table saw? Don't get your hopes up.

When I drilled that first pocket hole, it didn't hit me that I was drilling on the wrong side until I was in the process of removing the drill from that hole. That's when I looked at my piece and uttered three words: "That's a tragedy." Or rather, I remembered Alban saying that and couldn't help but repeat the same thing. I just sat there looking at the hole for a good 10 minutes before getting off my ass and covering up the entire rail with a piece of veneer.

I've already made up my mind. I'm going to remake that table frame during the summer. I'm going to buy some ash and work on it at home. That way, I'm not going to have to wait for a table saw and have other people mess with my setups and whatnot. I will, however, have to procure myself a dado set and a couple of router bits. Damn. That's more money down the drain. Oh but wait, what's this? Tax refund? Don't mind if I do! =D

In other news, I think I'm eligible for a hardware upgrade. For the ones not versed in wireless provider lingo, that means I'm entitled to a new cellphone. I'm debating whether or not I should get a new a phone. It's tempting but my phone still works. I do, however, want to get my hands on a smaller and slimmer phone. Why? With my current phone in my pocket, people think I have a freakin' can of beer stuffed down my pants.

Aaaaand that's it.

...Oh crap. Less than 2 weeks.

Pfft! That's a no-brainer!

Seriously. Do you -really- have to think this over?



Comic courtesy of xkcd.

In other news, I bought a new game for the DS titled The World Ends With You. I've only played a wee bit so far but it's proving to be really good. The team that worked on this game is also the same team that worked on Kingdom Hearts.

I was actually aiming to buy Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates but the salesperson was so stoked about the other one. I didn't want to hurt his feelings, you know? I couldn't bear to see him break down into tears for not buying the game he tried to sell me.

Anymoo, that's it for now.

Sure you can take us with you. On Facebook!

Title © to Kristian Crossley of my Cabinetmaking class.

I took the day off from work yesterday. One of my classmates, Mary, is leaving us for Alberta. That being the case, we decided to throw a good-bye party at Nicholas' place. Well, it also doubled as a housewarming party since we're breaking in his place. Any excuse for a party, eh? haha

I made dumplings, Nich made mouth-watering burger patties, Kristian baked us some delectable burger buns, Cathy made a potato salad that was out of this world, Ben baked two yummy pecan pies and Halina mixed up a most awesome sangria. And then there are those who showed up with all the beer. Always important!

The party was a blast. Good music, good food and amazing people. It's really too bad Mary has to leave us though. Oh and the title was Kristian's response to Mary's "I wish I could take all of you with me!"

Anymoo, time for work now.

May I have this dance?

This is going to be a short one so hang on to your pants!

I just went over to VGCats for my weekly dose of funnies from Scott Ramsoomair and well... unless you've played Phoenix Wright, you might not understand the joke. It's actually pretty simple but you need to know the characters in order to understand it.

However, this time on his little blab that comes with every weekly update, there were a bunch of videos there. The description for one of them was "cutest dancing animation ever", and I abso-freakin'-lutely agree with him.

Need a light?

I'm very much alive, thank you very much. For those who thought me dead, I apologize for shattering your miserable and morbid dreams. Actually wait. I'm not sorry. What am I talking about? Curse you for thinking me dead! *throws a rotten piece of wood your way*

Anyway, I've been busy as of late for several reasons, some of that I won't bother getting into.

School itself has been ... well, let's just say that there are some days where nothing go your way. On the bright side though, we finished the lamps we've been working on. Well, it's mostly done. There's just a few minor tweaks that we have to do but we're good to go. I didn't think to take pictures as we went along since we were pressed for time but here's the finished product.



Right now, it's just the base and the frame. I'm going to be getting the electronic components as well as the material for the lampshade at a later time. I'm still debating whether I should use rice paper, stained glass or mica (a type of stone sliced very thin, about 1/16th of an inch thick). Eh, I'll see. In the meantime, enjoy said pictures. That's an order.

Another reason that I've been lacking in my updates is because of ... Granado Espada. Yes, I've been sucked into the world of MMORPGs. Whereas WoW didn't grab my attention, GE immediately sucked me in. Maybe because I could control 3 characters at the same time or maybe because the designers made the female characters smokin' hot but whatever it is, I'm hooked. Well, I try not to be. I'm doing my best to limit myself. I'm currently only playing twice a week. Here's to hoping I can keep it up.

Anymoo, that's it for tonight. I need sleep.

Now remember: be nice to each other and don't leave the light on when you relieve yourself in the middle of the night.

Tetris theme on bottles.

This video is geekiness and Tetris fandom at its best. Of course, I count myself in those categories. haha

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