Eight Days a week

by owen on Wed, 22nd Sep 2004 at 12:28 am

Last week was the longest week ever. Coupled with the hurricane, lost of water, electricity and basic public services - one week seemed like an eternity. I still can not believe that just last week I was eating corn flakes for sunday dinner. Worst week ever maybe for some people but I am the rain man.
It rained yesterday, again and we have been having short power outages. I thought it would never rain again, after the three days of constant rain from the hurricane. The people who lost there roofs must be so pissed right now. You tend to gain a certain dependence on the basic necessities such as water, and electricity and cable, when you live in an urban area. By 6 o'clock it is dark and there nothing to but sleep and does anybody sleep for 12 hours anymore? I mean really, unless your like 5 years old.
I have stuff to do and my weekends get messed up continuously. If it is not by a hurricane, it's something else more demanding than the week before. I have got to get a drivers license, a car, car loan, car insurance, a girlfriend with driver side airbags and a bottle of milk that has not yet expired. Life is a constant stream of things to do. Chaos sucks.
todd in Grenada is back online but still feeling the effects of hurricane Ivan.

Ivan the Terrible

by alex on Tue, 14th Sep 2004 at 4:00 pm

Now Im talking from position of having actually gone through the storm. Where I was wasnt too bad, I didnt see the damage I was preparing for, but most areas of the island experienced loads of damage. Yes, there is not water at home, not electricity. It sucks!! But of course my workplace had to have electricity so they could demand I come in to work. Its surprising thought that the phonelines were up throughout the storm. The looting did take place and I am not surprised. I heard so many gunshots. Yiiikes!! But all in all, lets forget about the flood and wind damage and pray that Lovindeer doesnt record another song.... Wah Wah!! Wild Ivan!

The Scientist

by owen on Sun, 05th Sep 2004 at 8:36 pm

I rarely ever tell people what I do. Mainly because there ins't anything really obvious about being a software specialist. Usually I would say I'm a writer or journalist for a local newspaper - less to explain. I would much rather talk about you. Then at that point I pull out my digital camera which helps to navigate the conversation away from the topic of what I do. Most people cannot handle an in depth explanation of the inner workings a conditional loop. To most people software is microsoft word and a web site is used to check email.
I avoid the subject as best as possible, because people usually get confused and then you will try to explain and they get even more confused. I am in the wilderness, you are in the music in the nice car next to me. I am a good listener and I can argue on pretty much any topic except religion and the sponge-bob-square-pants. If at some point at topic comes up and I don't want to argue about, I just find a way to kill the convosation by waving my hands in the air like a monkey. Programming though something I do quite a lot during the day and sometimes as I sleep, isn't something I go around talking about, it's hard to explain it to people - it just something I do to pass the time.
I never had the whole "growing up to be an astronaut" aspirations in my head because I knew from a very early age that there was no air in space and therefore you couldn't do air stuff like breath or blow bobbles. I wanted to be a fireman. I liked vikings more than pirates because battle axes did more damage than swords and it looks better when it's stuck in the side of person's head.

I Believe In A Thing Called Love

by owen on Sat, 28th Aug 2004 at 6:53 pm

I didn't even realise that it has been over a year since I started or unleashed this version of the web site. In my attempt at creating a simple web site even my mother would re-visit. Writing sweet little nothings. So it has been a year and not one piece of hate mail or assassination (!assignation) attempt, I think but I am doing pretty well. I can't say weather I have matured as a writer or as a person since last year or whether I have swoon any girls because of the web site but time will tell.
Marking the anniversary I decided to do nothing, to leave everything as is and be thankful that I made it this far without losing all my data or being labeled as "the guy with the silly little web site", mocked and laughed at as I walk down a crowded city street. Updated the user section - now the appearance option is actually useful to most people. Besides that everything is basically the same, though faster loading.
Obviously there is an endless supply of bueatiful single women (who haven't called me yet). Many with hidden problems and physico summer boyfriends bent on making your life a living nightmare. I know I don't touch you the way I used to, I don't call or write when I'm away, I'm busy.

Just the Way You Are

by owen on Sun, 22nd Aug 2004 at 10:31 pm

Unless your living on another planet or have not being to yahoo lately, you might not have realised that the olympics in athens is underway. The Olympics in which countries from around the world come together to see who has the better set of athletes and who can win the most medals for their country. It's all in the nature of good clean fun, friendship, peace and gold medals.

But it is fun to watch, that is if you are the sports watcher type of person. If not you can still check out which country has the best looking athletes. IT does not matter if you country is involved or not it's all about the competition. Most might not care for the olympics as a whole but there is something there for everyone. I myself watched beach volley ball, tennis and diving events. I don't know why really I just do. Built it and they will come is what I have always say.

There is usually always an event in play, like a spring break circus or carnival. So much so that some of the events are happening simultaneously and they don't get televised. Which in fact sucks for the people in the unpopular events but they still get their medals, bragging rights. Depending on what channel your watching or whether your awake. For the people who don't sleep that isn't much of a problem.