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Apologies

2011-10-13T21:44:00.002-06:00

I just went back and read a bunch of old posts. I would like to apologize for the terrible grammar and spelling. I trluy ame asamed.

Spaced Out

2010-08-07T12:06:00.002-06:00

We've had a lot of fun over the years here at Randomization. But things aren't always fun and games in the world and today I would like to take a moment to talk to you all about something serious: the space program(HA! You all thought it was gonna be something funny; or at least something trying to be funny.)

I've been reading discovery news a lot lately, mainly, the space section of it. Everyday it seems that astronomers and scientists discover something new about space. The building blocks of life have been found everywhere and I predict that in the next 5-10 years, if not sooner, we will see on headlines all over that some micro-organism has been found on another planet and that there is life somewhere other than earth.

Not only this but much of the technology that we use today, and a lot of the stuff we are going to use in the future, are items that were invented by space programs(mainly NASA) in order to better protect their astronauts. Things such as memory foam, the technology for cell phones, an aerogel to soak up oil spills and a host of other advances.

And yet, Barack Obama, in all his wisdom, has pulled back funding and said we have to focus everything on mars; all without consulting his science advisor(firefox is telling me advisor is spelt wrong but dictionary.com tells be it's right, now I'm confused) or anyone in NASA. Now, this is very old news right now and I'm not here to talk about whether his decision is wrong or right(it's wrong), I'm just here to raise the question of whether or not we should care.

Everything I have heard is that everyone believes this will make the USA lose it's ranking as being at the front of the pack for space. Well, history has shown us that every superpower has eventually fallen, maybe it's that time for the US, at least in the space program. Now anyway you look at it, loosing funding for the US space program hurts everyone because of how countries have teamed up their space programs in the past years to work together. This doesn't just hurt the US but can hurt us all. I don't look at it as the US having the best space program, but has all the countries that are tied together(USA, Canada, Russia, etc.) having a program no one else can top, but can join.

I guess maybe the loss of American funding could be the thing to help propel every other country to step up their space program. But, who knows? The human race can be hard to predict at times and this particular subject is one that has always been a bit touchy, especially with those that believe in creationism. And Obama isn't gonna be in power forever. Maybe the next president will step up the funding again. Or this move might just do what he wants; help spark the private industry of space travel. Although, I can't see the private industry going all the way to Mars, or even the moon for that matter, but it might allow for some of the jobs that NASA and other space programs have to worry about off their hands.

I guess whatever happens will happen, I must say that I'm more excited for them to tell me that life exists elsewhere than I am for someone to step foot on Mars. But that's just me.

All I know is that NASA has become more than a symbol for the USA. NASA landed the first MAN on the Moon, not just the first American. It's a part of our history just as the Russian Space Program is for putting the first MAN into space.

Anyway, that's my rant. Steve should be happy that I finally put a decent sized post up...even if he is out of the Country! HAHAHA!

Fuck You

2010-06-30T07:27:00.001-06:00

Na, I'm just kidding. You're alright.

To Steve

2010-06-09T17:34:00.001-06:00

No, I don't want to.

I See...

2010-01-26T17:35:00.001-06:00

Just read that the Riders are searching for a new offensive line coach cause ours is going down to the Denver Broncos.

all I have to say is: "The Denver Broncos?!? Awwwww!"

Believe

2010-01-24T12:35:00.002-06:00

OK, so the catch phrase for the Olympics is Believe...is it just me or is that shitty?

I mean sure, we have to believe in our athletes but, in my professional opinion, we would do much better if instead of believing, our athletes just trained. You can't win by believing, trust me I know from experience in many different facets of my life. Training and hard work are the only things that are going to get our athletes through. And if they spent all the money they use on commercials on training the athletes that would also be very good.

But hey, I'm just a fucking useless idiot who doesn't know what he's talking about.

Everyday is Exactly the Same

2010-01-15T15:04:00.000-06:00

I believe I can see the future
Cause I repeat the same routine
I think I used to have a purpose
But then again
That might have been a dream
I think I used to have a voice
Now I never make a sound
I just do what I've been told
I really don't want them to come around

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same

I can feel their eyes are watching
In case I lose myself again
Sometimes I think I'm happy here
Sometimes, yet I still pretend
I can't remember how this got started
But I can tell you exactly how it will end

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same

I'm writing on a little piece of paper
I'm hoping someday you might find
Well I'll hide it behind something
They won't look behind
I'm still inside here
A little bit comes bleeding through
I wish this could have been any other way
But I just don't know, I don't know what else I can do

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same

-Trent Reznor

Torched

2009-12-27T17:47:00.002-06:00

You know, they keep making a big deal about who is carrying the torch...Canada is so big and the torch run is so long that everyone gets to carry it so who cares?

Why John Petrucci is the Best.

2009-12-13T16:50:00.001-06:00

I could listen to this all fucking day.

Title

2009-12-09T21:02:00.002-06:00

Two exams down, five to go. And I aced the ones I already took.

Decided that all my classmates are idiots. They all say that I'm the smart guy in the class.

They must have very low self-esteem.

Generic Topic.

2009-11-30T09:03:00.000-06:00

Discuss in detail.

So...

2009-10-28T08:33:00.001-06:00

Hmmm, apparently when you hit enter while in the Title box it pot your blog even though you haven't typed anything. Ah well, that's what "EDITING" is for.

Not much happening in the realm of the Andrew. Got my last two Midterms today. I should do pretty good on them.

ya..there is not really much else to say about anything.

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Ya, I'm just waiting for you to leave. There is nothing else that is going to happen.

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Really, there is NOTHING else. I would really appreciate it if you would leave so that I can get on with my uneventful day.

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Seriously, get the fuck outta here!

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Fuck you dickhead, that's it! I'm leaving. Lock the fucking door when you leave you stupid piece of shit!

Pull!

2009-10-22T09:30:00.000-06:00

BANG!!!

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Missed.

Sittin'

2009-10-15T08:29:00.003-06:00

Another morning of spares.

The Criminal Kid played it's first show on Friday. Seemed like some good reception. It was also nice to get back up onto a stage of some sort. We had a lot of people there and made some good money so that was pretty awesome. Now we just have to make it to our next gig, hopefully in November.

Went to the football game Saturday night. Uncle Guy didn't want to go out in the cold so I got his ticket. It wasn't too bad temperature-wise and the Riders won so all is well. First time I got to wear my new jersey at the stadium. The Riders played awesome in the first half ad managed to hang on for the second. that's good enough for me.

Jammed with Steve Saturday morning. I'm not going to say anything positive about just in case Steve reads this. Then he'll think it was bad or something and be all like "Pilon, why didn't you say anything good?" and then I'll be like "Cause I'm a jackass" and then we'll laugh.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Another Day, But No More Another Dollars.

2009-10-08T08:40:00.003-06:00

Another week has gone by. And I continue to "School shit up" as the kids would say...OK, they don't say that, I just made it up. But that is beside the point, the point being the pointy end of a knife. An odd word. Knife. Why even bother with the K? It spells the same thing without it. I think it's a dark plan brought forth by the kkk in order for us to never forget them. Either that or aliens. It's ALWAYS the aliens.

Been hoping around the interwebs lately doing all sorts of stuff. Started myself a twitter account and will probably get a link for that up this morning. Put a few pics up for TCK. I also figured out my own personal flickr account name and password after about 10 minutes of trying every single combination I could think I would ever possibly try. Noticed a description there that is in my profile(that is about me) that I don't remember typing but it's totally true: Musical, Computercal, sexical.

Now english good that is!

Anyway..I think I'm going to dive into the code of this blog and see if I can remember how to add a link. Wish me luck(hopefully the good stuff but I guess it's your choice).

Scool n' Stuf

2009-10-01T09:16:00.003-06:00

Scool makes me learn good.

So, gotta couple of spares this morning so I thought I'd update y'all on the workings of Andrew M. Pilon. Schools going pretty good so far. Getting angry at math as usual but I guess I'll just have to live with that.

Went out and bought myself an iPhone on Sunday. It kicks major ass. I've already used it in school(Need formulas? There's an app for that!) and many of the functions on it make it a worthwhile buy. It's even got a GPS in it. i managed to pick up some software for the GPS off the app store for only 5 bucks. The professional ones from TomTom and all those cost one hundred bucks and have about a gig of info to download to your iPhone which is way over the amount my data plan will allow. Plus with the plan I got I'm actually going to be saving money on my phone bill each month. I think it's a pretty good deal.

The bands got a show coming on the Ninth. Other than the single song I played with linger at field fest, this will be the first time I've been on stage since Sisivalant knocked the TV's out at communithon. Good times. Can't wait to get back up there. I think it's going to be a pretty interesting show with some of the ideas that have been popping up around the band.

If anyone wants tickets, I've got some! Ya I know, nobody reads this and the only ones who even have a remote chance of reading it are either in the band or have already said that they don't want to come to the show. Ah well.

Anyway, gotta go play with my iPhone.

Again

2009-09-24T09:29:00.002-06:00

That's right...I'm posting again so soon after the last one. Since we have been driving Davin into school, the mornings where I have a spare(or two like today) I sit around and do homework or play around on the computer. Since I have no homework, here I am. Well, I do have something due next Friday but that'll only take about five minutes so I;m gonna do it later, cause I am a procrastinator!

Ordered a new battery for my MacBook today. I guess the problem with these new batteries that last for hours and hours and hours is that their total life has been cut to about 1-2 years were as before they could last up to 5 years. I'm getting about half an hour tops out of mine. I could have waited and just been attached to the wall for the longest time but that kinda defeats the purpose of a laptop and on top of that, since I am a student I can actually get discounts on stuff on the Apple store site. Pretty sweet. I also bought a word processor from there....I know, I know, I can hear you all right now: "But, Andrew! There are free ones on line that are good!" How do I put this...um...no there aren't. I downloaded 5 different word processors. Even with the best of them, when I printed out a document the letters were overlapping on the page so I had to go in and put spaces in the middle of words just so that it would look right when I printed.

But that's enough about that. I'd also like to buy iLife for my MacBook and possibly a parallels desktop(allows you to run windows in the Mac OS) but I think those are going to have to wait cause they are a hundred bucks a piece. Looking online at the stuff I could(and would) us for this mac I could probably spend $1000 easily...and that is stuff I would use!

I'm also trying out the mobileMe that Apple offers. It comes with a 20gig online hard drive and has a website that can be accessed from any web browser on any computer. It has e-mail as well as the ability to sync certain files on your computer(address book, calendar, public folders) so that you can copy them to another Mac with extreme ease. I got it for the hard drive so that Steve and I can have somewhere online to put music files but I am starting to like the Calendar option that it provides. Although I know I can get just as good of a calendar with Google. I'm on the free trial for two months but if I like it I might just pony up the $100 for the year subscription. I find it also nice to keep my school work on so that I don't have to worry about carrying my little flash drive around, if I forget it I still have an option to get at my files. But I think I'm gonna do some more research and see what else is out there for that kind of stuff.

Wow, this is a long post.

Doing pretty good in school so far. I'm pretty much breezing through everything except math. They are teaching the basics in everything else which is stuff I learned in the field. Math however is a different story. I've learned most of what we are taking before but it was about 5 years ago so I'm trying to stay with it. Had a test last Friday and got 62% on it so I passed by 2%. Got another test next Friday and I hope I do OK. I have to try and do well on these small test cause I know the midterm and the final are going to be the hard ones.

hmm.

yes.

The Criminal Kid is finally having our first show n October 9th at the exchange. It's gonna be awesome. A few Metal bands and hopefully a large amount of beer, that other people buy, and give to me...for free. Hey, a man can dream. Plus Jeremy did tell people to do it on the web page and since when do people not listen to the internet.

Anyway, I'm kinda running out of things to say and I think I have wasted enough of your time as it is....stay frosty!

Howdy

2009-09-21T08:38:00.002-06:00

Y'all.

I know, I know. It's been awhile. thought I'd get rid of having almost a million digits worth of pi as my starting post on the site. Just posting from the good ol' student lounge at good ol' Palliser Campus of good ol' Siast in good ol' Moose ol' Jaw...ol'. Been commuting with a fellow student in my course and a young gentleman named Davin Bangsund(I think he's trying to steal my soul!).

Been doing good so far. Because of my previous experience I'm pretty much at the top of the class...except in math. had a test Friday that I don't think I did too well on but I guess we shall see when I get it back...which could be in the next little while. We actually have a math tutorial right now that we don't have to be at. I could have gone and I will probably go to a lot of them but I opted to skip this one and work on a little Technical Communication, then I decided to write a blog post...Hey, I was supposed to be typing something either way. Ol'.

Bought damn near a whole new wardrobe on Saturday. Threw out two garbage bags worth of clothing that is no good anymore. So if your wondering who that new fashionable guy walking down the street is then you'll have to go ask him yourself 'cause I don't know him.

I just had a thought...what would happen if someone were to take all the money in the world and give it to Willem Dafoe? Hey, I think we could all agree that something would definitely happen.