I wrote this play for my ten minute plays course.
It has some profanity and adult themes so if this upsets you do not read it.
My last full day home before my junior year August 25, 2008
As a bit of a surprise, I am a bit uneasy about tomorrow being my last day around. Mostly because instead of enjoying things, my dad wants me to pick up dog crap from the yard and mow the lawn. Then clean my room and wash the interior of the car(which I’ve attempted two times already in the last two days). I need to pack. I have to get the necessities together, stop at the store and get missing things, workout, and spend some time with my mom and the rest of my family. And my Dad wonders why I don’t want to spend my summers at home. Its kind of strange how my father acts like its a privilege for me to stay in his house when my mother and Kate’s parents freely offer their homes with open arms. With my dad it seems like he’ll try and tax you whenever he finds an excuse. You leave one dish out and all of a sudden it becomes “clean the kitchen. You have no respect”. It’s really cheap, and does not make home feel like a comfort.
I’m also not ready to leave behind Kate just yet. She arrived last night and I’m leaving on Tuesday. That doesn’t leave me with much time. Basically I hate that I’m in a stressful situation prior to school. School is going to be stressful enough so I’d appreciate it if my dad did himself the favor of leaving me with a nice impression, cause what I’m thinking now, is not that good. He won’t even let Kate and I stay in the same room. Get a clue.
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On the road August 22, 2008
This weekend i’ve been forced to go to a bridal shower so I’ve been on an invisible leash for the past day.
Also Kate’s coming to town tomorrow which is really cool, but my dad’s acting like I’m a child and won’t let us stay together alone at the same house. That’s kind of childish on his part considering I’m 20 and am alone with her at college all the time. His wife (not my mother) is dropping her kid off at college so he is probably jealous someone wants to be around me.
We also stopped at a mall to grab something for my brothers bridal shower and I swapped out a bad cable at the apple store.
Speaking of bridal showers, when did they become co-ed? I would have preferred this to be just females and not turn into a family gathering.
Well I’ll be home tomorrow night.
Woohoo Contributor. August 18, 2008
So in light of Drew’s lack of stable internet and with the special offers of a certain group I have been put onto this lovely piece of work known as Drew’s blog.
As an update on Drew’s status- he went horseback riding yesterday, had a picnic, saw a play, and has a bee sting on his foot to prove it. Overall he seems pretty snazzy even if I am several miles away.
As for me, I’m pretty pumped because I’m finally getting a laptop case. With my beastly 17″ screen it has been all but impossible to order a fun case that is functional and really visually appealing. Drew and I got into this one company’s stuff earlier in the year and he picked up a snazzy case for his MacBook Pro. One of the things I love about his case is that it’s made to fit snug, and has a memory foam interior to protect against falls. Because of this case he can lug his “precious” MacBook Pro around without worry. Now they carry PC covers as well, so neoprene sleeve of love come to me! If you want to check them out go to http://www.isisdei.com
It’s some good stuff. I’m even going to pick one up for the mother. 
SO yeah, I think I’m going to be off now since this whole contributor thing seems a bit bizarre anyway. Drew will be back soon- Promise.
-Kate
The lack of posts August 16, 2008
Unfortunately I haven’t written anything in awhile. I would probably write more bit the computer I usually write on is having wifi issues so I’m iPhone ing it. So sometime soon I’ll write something more and update you on my events, rants, whatever.
iPhone apps are loose! July 28, 2008
So as you may know I am one of those guys whose pretty fluent with the technology.
I was looking around the web yesterday and found out people are cracking iPhone/iPod Touch apps. One of the key communities I found for the “cracking” scene is a forum at haklabs.com. Basically there are two current methods of cracking and installing. One method involves modifying a file on the iPhone so you can install via iTunes and the other is through SSH. One is packed as a .ipa file and the other a .app directory. Both methods require a jailbreaked 2.0 device. I’m not going to go into how to crack or install the apps, but right now it’s not real user friendly on either end. To crack the apps it is necessary to own the file and have your iPhone/touch jailbreaked. You’ll also have to use terminal and SSH.
I spoke to one of the crackers and he let me know that while its difficult at the moment, a GUI version will hopefully be out soon.
Time to revive The Slippery Koalas July 25, 2008
This summer I have been in New Jersey… Far far away from my rockband set. Tonight I got to play it again and remember how much fun it is to play. I’m really excited for next year when well have the corner room set up for rockband. Although The Slippery Koalas had alternating drummers and vocalists this year we may have some solid talent. Who knows maybe a new band will form. The music will most likely be the same until rockband 2 and GH World Tour are released.
Waiting in line again July 25, 2008
Right now I am waiting in line again! Im grabbing a white iPhone in place of my current black one.
3 people were ahead of me… pretty crazy. I’ll take a pic or something later.
[UPDATE]
So I went into the store and the mac specialist had no idea what to do so she grabbed the manager. I got the lamest manager possible. He was authoritative, but had no idea what he was talking about. Very bad combo (look at a certain someone in the white house). Unfortunately I couldn’t explain official policy to a manager for obvious reasons. I’m currently on the phone with AT&T and they let me know the policy and didn’t see this as a problem. So they’re working through this and hopefully I’ll end up with that white model.
[UPDATE TO THE UPDATE]
So I called AT&T and got a really nice guy on the phone who listened to me and agreed that the Apple Store Manager was giving false information (only the primary account holder can buy the phone… bullshit!). After awhile of talking about how we could get my situation worked out the customer service rep. said that I’d have to do a return through a retail AT&T and that if they had them in stock itd be a swap plus restocking fee (but he’d wave it cause he was awesome) but if not I could wait it out or order one via direct fulfillment. He said the system read a week to get the 3G, but when I called the store they said DF orders would take 10 – 21 days. Since I’m leaving fairly soon I’ll just call AT&T to see if they’ve gotten any in. Once they get them in, and I have one, I’ll let you seven or so viewers know.
As a side note I’m starting to worry the Apple backlash will begin soon. With the flood of new iPhone adopters, I have to worry about how the unstable 2.0 operating system and mobileme issues will effect consumers’ views on the company. By all means I love Apple and its products, but over the summer dealing with the management in the retail stores and seeing buggy software, I’m feeling a little let down. Be cool again? Just promise not to get all Radio Shack on me.
