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                <title>The Regular Unregular Update</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:25:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ It looks like I won't manage my yearly resolutions this year, but I have managed progress recently.  I never managed to update this journal, I should try to do it more often though.  If I did, I'd simply post my (slightly more common) MySpace blogs.  <br /><br />My mood has been going up and down of late.  I'm working on getting it settled and under control again.  Though I am trying to rely on my social and emotional masks less but I don't think anyone can be honest with everyone.  Though I want to be honest with with a few more than before.<br /><br />Anyway for the one or two who wasted the time to read this:  See yall folks next time.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>And a new year rolls in...</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:21:50 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yet I've failed to shake off this apathy that seems to have embraced my heart.  I get flickers of inspiration for writing or other activities but I just do not seem to have any force of will behind it.  At home for the winter holidays, which usually leaves my brain... stunted.<br />
<br />
I ended up with a Tai Chi basics kind of dvd.  Maybe getting a physical daily routine will help my wallow out of this useless phase.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>Another Return to the Blood Red Walls</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:56:06 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ It would seem I rarely post updates here except for when I return to my house and away from school. Maybe it is because I have this melancholy feel at home, whatever.<br />
<br />
Easter has passed.  So having a house full of family has passed.  I still have not put up new pictures, or really take any for that matter.  My camera is still in my mom's hand to help with real estating or whatever a proper verb would be.  And this is spring break, so I have a number of projects to finish and tests when I return to college.  Fun... fun.<br />
<br />
You might be inclined to ask, "What is this journal about?"  That would mean you do not know me.  I rant.  That is what I do.  I have myspace blogs just for that.  So what is this journal for?  Rambling.  Why?  Because it is my damn journal.<br />
<br />
Anyway, I hope you all have a pleasant day.<br />
"The blue sky should be high and clear, no matter how far it is away."  Gentatsu in Samurai X<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>In The Home State, Surrounded By Blood Red Walls</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:15:42 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Went over to Lafayette to try to handle the matters there and move things into the apartment.  Picked up the light bill and sending that off.  Both my lava lamps and blacklight are in place in my room and brought a tv to go with the recliner I have in the leaving room.  Currently the living room consists of those two items, I win.  I really do not know where I was going with this post.  I am zoned out here, just rambling... <br />
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I got a few favorites on Lonely Street, I don't get or expect favorites so it is always nice.  But it was rather funny.  I have this fancy camera which takes all these nice pictures... and its the one I took with my camera phone that people notice, ha!  I also found out they charge me .25 for each of those I email to myself.  So the 2 I sent to myself 15 times because service is garbage and it says 'Try again later' instead of 'We will resend it later when you might not be roaming... in a week.'<br />
Again, thank you to those who favorited.  It was probably one of the stranger pictures I have taken simply because I never had any intention of making the picture until that moment.  Light turned green on me while getting out my camera, but I really did not care if anyone had to wait on me, lol.<br />
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Some people really do have great thoughts and the internet lets them spread those ideas.  <a>Here<a> is a journal by *<a class="u" href="http://username.deviantart.com/">username</a>  And while you are there, check out his gallery, it's amazing as long as macabre art is not too much for you, <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /></a></a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>Happy, ya know... whatever</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:09:11 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Because of the chaos of trying to get together our small family, somehow spread across four states, I had my gift opening time on the 23rd, pwned you there.<br />
<br />
Really tired but in a decent enough mood, even considering that ULL is trying to screw me over with a bill for seven grand next semester when it should be less than two.  They honestly try to cheat me like this, I'm leaving that four year community college.  They might have a big research section and all, but the college is run by a juco staff.<br />
<br />
In other news, my Wii inventory is now up to 2 wiimotes, 2 nunchukas, and a classic controller.  I have WiiSports, Zelda, Splinter Cell, Red Steel, and picked up a game cube game Clash of Ninjas 2 (but I need a game cube memory card. Nintendo just lost serious points with me for not having a way I can see of using internal memory for gamecube too).<br />
<br />
I have managed to acquire quite a bit to take back to the apartment.  The desk, bed, and two recliners are already there.  I have a new set of tools.  As well as a washer and dryer (probably two of the most important things lol).  Then there are various small odds and ends to take back.  So a decent haul all in all.  Now if that twelve month lease did not feel like a chain around my leg when it comes to pulling away from ULL.  I have to go into full dick mode January 3rd when their offices reopen. Find out why the canceled my out of state waiver (my cumulative GPA is 3.3+ and the 2.5 for that semester is above what I recall the minimum I saw, but their site is only half-updated most of the time and so I can find nothing other than how to apply for the scholarship (which is 2.75 cumulative gpa). <br />
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Any other news and repeated ranting? I guess not for now.  Hopefully with the holidays thinning out and once I move crap in, I'll have a bit of time for all these new year resolution ideas.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>That Time of Year Again</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:03:59 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I am a bit sick, always fun.  Mostly coughing and phlegm, yum yum.<br />
<br />
Ninjaday/birthday have passed with some noticeable success.  A Nintendo Wii, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Neverwinter Nights 2, and have a Lafayette apartment now.  Though I am at home and playing MUDs right now.  What can you expect? I am annoying like that.<br />
<br />
But what is great... I finally got back my freaking digital camera.  I guess I could have done more stock work, the one I did was really fun. But it's mostly been a lack of time.  There is so much to do and blah. I think I really will seriously reset the clock for '07 and go back to when I actually had everything organized and flowing for a few months. I had an incredible amount of time and creative energy.<br />
<br />
Current Goals for 2007:<br />
Bring up GPA.<br />
Learn C, C++ (class for this one), and Python.<br />
Get back into Yoga.<br />
Go back to photographing and manipulating work (and maybe get good at it).<br />
Start writing short stories again (plus creative writing class).<br />
Higher frequency with RPG forum updates.<br />
and of course...<br />
Resume Plans for Global Domination<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Thumping Over the Hourglass</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:59:49 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So the days come and go.  And here I am, in my cubicle.  Different state, same cubicle.  I think I need to work to pull myself from this intellectual rut I seem to be in.  I have my usual ups and downs, but I should go for the peak I have rarely reached, and only held once for any long period of time.<br />
<br />
I forgot to pick up my camera again, oiy.  That has always been one outlet for me to explore and think.  Tae Kwon Do is at least good for physical exercise and a solid routine.  I guess that is one thing I can say for school, a routine.  Too bad routines typically continue as mindlessly as the hourglass.  I need to reset it, get myself back to a better thought process.  <br />
<br />
As far as school?  I've adapted.  My hate has now settled into natural locations.  All is calm, go back to your cubicle #4732, you will be acquisitioned, at later time, do not worry about thought - I will take care of that.<br />
<br />
I have been told that I am a bitter person, for no reason.  I. do. not. care.<br />
I do have the capacity to be a kind, caring, and thoughtful individual.  Or at least pull off a good impersonation of one.<br />
<br />
So is there any reason for this journal?  I think I had something like a personal update on my life... but blah to that.  <br />
<br />
I need to set priorities, get my time into a manageable organization scheme, and allocate my resources to better handle my situations.<br />
Ha... ha... haha.<br />
Apathy, is always fun.  Except when it involves not caring.<br />
<br />
Anyway: Blah.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>My Mood Ring Would Be Tie-Dye</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:09:43 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ As my hate of this college wears down like a stone in a river... it may not like the river but options are lacking, I am attempting to try a social mask.  My usual and more natural mask (or perhaps lack-thereof) is a spastic stalker who has little hope for the human race.  But currently I'm trying to be more optimistic.  Perhaps I've listened to that critical amount of Bill Hicks that I've ended up going through deeper phases in the love-hate relationship with people in general.  So I shall adopt this social mask until such time as my minions are in adequate numbers....<br />
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Though I do not expect folks to actually watch my page, I still somehow enjoy updating it.  And I have done little work on this at all.  Other than the relatively more frequent journals.  The largest problem with my usual medium of photo-manip is the lack of a camera... The damn thing is in another state at the time being.  Hoping to get the fucker back one of these days.  I still have a camera phone thing, which I do use for my own entertainment.  Speaking about the camera, the phone is just a clock that buzzes until I press something that shuts it up.  <br />
<br />
So I might start playing with dA stock pics and such, already tried one.  I think it came out nice.  I considered posting my own stock, then I looked at the crapheap that is my personal pics.  I have been playing with Terragen.  Easy to use, but hard to get exactly right for me, lol.  So many settings to customize and work with the landscaping.  <br />
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Other random news:  I have finally seen Fight Club, have a new baby niece, and beat StarCon2; in that order. ]]></description>
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                <title>Seikai no Senki</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:08:30 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I was kind of curious what kind of fanart happened to be around for this anime.... I was surprised that deviantart is almost devoid of it <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br />
So I suggest anyone who hasn't seen it at least take a look at it, <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" />  I've finally got to the see the very last episodes, awesome anime.  The first two seasons were on TechTV before the channel was raped and mangled by that mongrel called G4.<br />
<br />
Anyway, the Seikai Triology-ish is something like a space drama.  Don't worry. lots of explosions and lasers.  And unlike the long serieses, there are no fillers <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=)" title="=) (Smile)" /><br />
<br />
Crest of the Stars (13 episodes)<br />
Banner of the Stars I (13)<br />
Banner of the Stars II (10)<br />
Banner of the Stars III (2 or 3)<br />
<br />
Go watch Crest of the Stars, I command you! ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>Le Blah</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:55:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I've survived a couple weeks here at Lafayette.  Not too bad of a place.  The campus could be in better shape... lol.  The fact the dorm rooms are lower quality than the ones at the community college is rather funny.  Hell, this college is in the Princeton Review's 361 best.  Number 5 in worst dorms, hehe.<br />
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I am without my camera currently.  It makes me sad.  So I am learning (or trying) to use this camera feature on this cellular phone device.  Not really sure what the rest of its for, it lights up and buzzes from time to time.  I've found throwing it in the fridge quiets the noises.  <br />
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I normally get nerdy and play some sort of online chatroom rpgs (typically D&D) on friday nights... but the RA suggested a game this friday that suits my few talents.  It is called manhunt <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" />.  For those unfamiliar... you dress up in black in the middle of the night and try to get from point A to point B.  All the while the rest of the people try to catch the runners, but they get cars and radios lol.  This is a suitcase campus, so there will be almost noone using the campus...  As I've mumbled in my myspace, this campus is utterly dead on weekends, hehe.<br />
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I might go back to fiddling with pictures and such.  Most of the ones I play with get dumped.  I find it's easier to just scan through the deviantion list from the kickass folks I'm watching <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" />.  Then I can go "Wow, that is awesome" fairly often.  And spend 10 minutes looking at it instead of spending a couple hours tumbling into my own messes, <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" />.  <br />
<br />
Anyway, my personal ramblings are at an end for today.  And with the rate I post journels... probably for the month, lol. ]]></description>
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                <title>If dA can update, so can I...</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:34:05 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ deviantArt v5 is... something else.<br />
It's kind of like the sterlized everything.  Obviously everyone, including myself, will have a little bias against it because we're used to to old format.<br />
<br />
But... I still don't like it.  Hopefully they'll finish the front page and take away some of the suck and put back to coolness.<br />
I like lots of information being displayed everywhere.  Now there is... nothing.  Too bright for grey anyway, lol.<br />
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<br />
Anyway, I'm done with my three months of construction work.  Got back from Perido Key last Thursday night.  Then my sister and her family stopped on their way back from OK towards FL.  Long weekend.  My four year old nephew likes guns, so he goes and finds this rifle I got from some sort of pirate dinner show, the thing is taller than him.  From there we go 'hunting' and such.  I hate kids, in all honesty.  But he is my nephew and has enough of an imagination that I can at least hope he won't become like the cattle of most of this world... Beyond that!  He likes video games.  Yet, his mom had a slight disagreement with what I thought was perfectly appropriate.  I saw him getting good at the game as a sign of adaptability and a way I didn't have to follow him up and down stairs and around the house.  She saw him stand at the end of a sidewalk in GTA3 and start gunning down people with a sniper rifle.  Apparantly getting headshots and creating geysers of blood was not as impressive to her as me.  I'm more of a "the more violence in a video game... the less time I spent on global genocide plans" time of regular ol' joe.<br />
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Onto other news.  Tomorrow my new laptop from iBuyPower should be in.  First time I've ordered from them, but I was pleasantly surprised.  I have not actually tested the new computer yet, so I can't fully give them my kudos until tomorrow or so (though they use FedEx... strongly dislike FedEx, for your information).  <br />
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On the 18th I'm moving into my dorm in Stokes B on the ULL campus.  When I spoke to them, they told me it had internet access.  All the information both physical and digital says that only the oncampus apartments come with internet access, not hte dorms.  If that is the case, the college does have a healthy doze of hot spots on campus that I can set down at with my laptop.  I will be there at least three years (making my four year degree take five years, for those of you keeping up with the golf score).  <br />
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Anything else of note....  Currently have six dogs.  Three second generations and three third generations.  Their mother, the first generation, and numerious siblings are gone.  Disease, a few give aways, and several MIAs.  The ones surviving get fed by us and have protected shelter here.  But nothing makes them stay, lol.  They have free roam over our land and the surrounding area.  Occasionally they fight off the various wild animals and stray dogs.  If they end up having to fight on their home territory, we can bring small arms fire to their assistance in warding off intruders.  Perhaps I should get pictures of Chow, Spot, Emo, Ying-Yang, Princess, and BP (BulletProof).  Now I just have to get my camera back from my mom.... hrmmm.<br />
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For those of you reading this... what the fuck is wrong with you?  Are you honestly bored enough to read my rants?  I will harm you soon... once I finish reading your blogs and journals...  I'm a stalker, so I'm an exception to the rule.<br />
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For now.   Go stab yourself in the eye with a jellybean.... ]]></description>
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                <title>An Update of Absence</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:15:30 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Barely get around these days, but I managed to spam out a blog on myspace.  Might as well spam it here, lol.  Not likely to be seen at either place, but any type of rant gives me that same warm of fuzzy feeling I get when I stab someone with a fork for messing with my food.:<br />
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<br />
I felt like randomly posting one of these things since I havent done so in quite a while.  I am free of Perk...<br />
Cheer you mother fuckers, that place was a shithole.<br />
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So now I'm probably headed to Lafayette over in the land of my birth, Bayou Country, aka Louisiana, aka the land under the gulf.  So far the people I have talked to have been about the same sort of retarded monkeys that I dealt with at Perk.  One thing that honestly scares me... I went to a po-dunk community college in southern mississippi (that's not the scary part) and I had acess to the college network and broadband from my dorm room.  Lafayette is a school celebrated for its excellence and pioneering in Computer Science (my chosen field of study)... the dorms do not have internet access.  I'm having to pay out the ass for an apartment on campus, which is a nice place... but still a lot of trouble for interent <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" />.  There are six female dorms, a pair of male dorms, and a building with males' honors and mixed graduate students.  That ratio seems a little off, does it not?  So either this will be quite an interesting experience or it's just that all the guys are stuck in the apartments; most likely the latter.<br />
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As far as between Perk and LaffyTaffy,  I am working locally with a contractor.  Mostly working/building houses.  There is a lot of work that Katrina has left us.  And the suppliers are steadily bumping up their prices happily.  I tuck away money at the end of each week like a squirrel gathering nuts for winter. <br />
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Peace, Love, and... well there seemed to have been a problem with moonpies... Yellow Custrad Dripping from a Dead Dog's Eye. ]]></description>
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                <title>Stole a Stolen Quiz, lol</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:19:44 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ 1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.<br />
~ "Take this from my hand."<br />
In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce<br />
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2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.<br />
~ Umm, okay<br />
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3.What is the last thing you watched on TV?<br />
~ Whatever music video was on Fuse last time I touched a TV<br />
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4.Without looking, guess what time it is:<br />
~ 11:00 am<br />
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5.Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?<br />
~ 10:56 am<br />
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6.With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?<br />
~ The Vent God rattling in the airconditioning and David Bowie - Battle For Britain (The Letter)<br />
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7.When did you last step outside? What were you doing?<br />
~ 10 minutes ago, returning from class.<br />
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8.Before you started this survey, what did you look at?<br />
~ um, my comuter screen<br />
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9.What are you wearing?<br />
~ Black jeans, black shirt, glasses<br />
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10.Did you dream last night?<br />
~ Probably.<br />
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11. When did you last laugh?<br />
~ A few minute ago, actually.  Some random comment was entertaining<br />
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12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?<br />
~ Tin foil, a tarp, duct tape, dozens of drawings and the tiki mask my roommate DrWinstonBowie made, You might Be a Redneck If... calender, speakers, Welcome to the Cave index card in 6 languages, mirror, and posters:  Naploeon Dynamite, Dragons of D&D, Black Dragon, Jedi/Sith, Anakin/Vader, and a Warcraft 3 one.<br />
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13. Seen anything weird lately?<br />
~ You should see the ceiling<br />
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14. What do you think of this quiz?<br />
~ Entertaining<br />
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15. What is the last film you saw?<br />
~ Underworld probably<br />
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16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?<br />
~ A castle, staff for the castle, half this backwater county, and transportation for the other losers I know on the net <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br />
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17. Tell me something about you that I don't know.<br />
~ I might become an American Hitler<br />
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18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?<br />
~ <br />
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19. Do you like to dance?<br />
~ What I do cannot be called something as decent as dance.<br />
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20.George Bush:<br />
~ Still better than Kerry or Gore... all the presidents are the same anyway.  Everyone hates 'em worse than the previous one.<br />
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21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?<br />
~ Whatever her mom said.  Me and naming dont mix.<br />
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22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?<br />
~ Refer to previous answer.<br />
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23. Would you ever consider living abroad?<br />
~ No people, good internet connection, whatever works for hermits.<br />
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24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?<br />
~ if this was the case...<br />
God: haha, told you I was the true god.<br />
Me: Fuck you, I'm gonna go party with Satan! XD  ((okay, I like this guy's answer, so I'm leaving it <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" />)<br />
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25. 4 people who must also do this meme in THEIR journal:<br />
~ I couldn't care less if anyone else did really  ((again, I agree with the last guy's answer)) ]]></description>
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                <title>Blah: Mark Deuce</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:02:18 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ The net at campus has been in a comma.  I dislike not having net access.  It causes my eye to twitch and become bored enough to go play people consoles and find crummy games like Halo 2.<br />
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A curious topic has been running through my head lately... my generation.  Certain influences pushed me off the main flow and I like having an observing viewpoint on those around me.  Like cows to study, they move onward with those dull thoughtless eyes.  Children of Ashlee Simpson and Kanye West all around me.  Someone they have grown incredibly famous like many random things in this era.  Ashlee Simpson simply is horrid and has kept a career even after her various stupidities.  Kanye West who lacks in talent as well and yet sees himself as a god-figure.  He speaks as though he is the divine messiah and fights for... jackshit.  There are many things that annoy me, but those two just seem to symbolize the quintessential stupidity of this generation I am floating along in.  Like the kid in the back of the bus who already knows that they're going over a cliff and waits in utter contempt for the impact that will clear the board of the abudance of annoying little pawns.  Though cannot forget the bishops.  Reverend Sharpton calling out the show Boondocks for using the N-word when they used a what-if episode about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. being in a 30 year comma instead of dieing.  It gave a great perspective on the difference in the generations and managed to do an excellent job of putting forth what the doctor would have thought of todays society.<br />
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That is the end of my current rant.  Now THX-1138, return to your room. ]]></description>
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                <title>And a New Year to All</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:16:39 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I'm avoiding Happy and Merry, never know what that will bring up, lol<br />
Perhaps I should be careful, some folks have new year at different times, hehe<br />
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Anyway, its the time of year to switch out my calenders.  I'm a sucker for the daily calender things.  '04 Jeff Foxworthy "You might be a redneck if..." and retiring last year's '05 Sun Tzu's Art of War, and bringing out the '06 Zen.  Sister even gave me a monthly calender (I always need those buggers to keep up with stuff) which is the '06 Redneck one, lol.  <br />
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So the opening of this year is:  "On the day you were born, you begin to die.  Do not wastea s ingle moment more."  -Dilgo Khyenste Rinpoche<br />
Not as useless as it seems, <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" /><br />
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<br />
Anyway, December is over and I made out really good (birthday on the 5th and walmart day on the 25').  All in all I ended up with a set of samurai swords (even match my room), sony 2.1 20W speakers (guess I can give back the ones I'm borrowing, lol), X3: Reunion (game), Blade Trinity (movie), Knife of Dreams (book), new camera (kicks my old one's ass), pack of toblerone mini's (*drools*), interesting hanging calender holder, dvd burner, budokon beginning practice (dvd), wooden model spider, and even an ergonomic keyboard and mousepad rest.  <br />
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Managed to utterly beat like my last 5 decembers <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=)" title="=) (Smile)" />  I can't feel too greedy since I spent all the money I had amassed on everyone else.  So it evens out <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" /><br />
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I managed not to die yet while helping repair the metal roof on the house and rebuild the barn.  I hate heights, yet I keep working a minimum of 10' off the ground... typically on slick surfaces or a few inches of wood.  Katrina didn't get to break down our house, but she made what mess should could.  The hurricane, not my dog <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />.  They both make messes though.<br />
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I'm in a good mood now.  I have a little bit of gas money and lots of material goods.  And I'm not having to work around here today.  Mostly because it's plumbing and a little ground work, not the fun air stuff that extra people are needed for =\ ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>Happy Holidays and all that jazz...</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:45:12 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So this semister of good ol' redneck community college is over and one more to go... or I hoped.  But my Cal I teacher (I should have had it my first semister but an ACT score high enough to get a free ride still isn't good enough to skill algebra and trig to them, so their little system to getting a BS Prep for Computer Science says fuck me in the ass to start with since I could only get 2 Calc and 2 Programing classes instead of 4 eaches) is the worse teacher I have ever seen, Ms Dedeaux.  She cannot teach whatsoever.  Ms dumbass is okay if you have already been in the class or can learn it yourself, if you're paying her to learn it... you just wasted an assload of time and money.  FIrst two semisters I was on the Vice President's List thing.  I have a total of 12 A's, 2 B's, and a D in her class.  In college D's don't count towards your degree.  I have exactly enough hours arranged next semister.... now that is screwed.  I spent hours upon hours studying for each test (she would review what she said would be on the test, and then put something else on it, was fun) and got an hour of sleep for the last test.  Some might go 'dumbass' for not sleeping, but I was wide awake for the test and had a friend helping me study the test.  What little I did get on the test comes from that.  I had a 3.81 GPA my first two semisters, 3.40 for this one... only because of some woman in this backwards college who cannot even get the answers she goes over right.  The students who've taken Calc in high school are the ones having to correct her as she fucks something up for the third time on the same problem.  Even I have had to correct her when she misadded the points I missed on a test (10 points magically missing from my grade)<br />
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I know, it sounds like a lot of bitching and whining... because it is.  It's like someone running into the side of your car and at the hospital you find out that the court decided it is your fault.  What makes it worse is if I manage to adjust my schedule enough to take Calc I and II next semister (which is going to be divine intervention on its own) then I'll still have Dedeaux the Dumbass as my Calc II teacher because this school has her as the only 'advanced' math type teacher and occasionally will put another teacher in to take Calc I in the spring.  <br />
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Now I'm home and coming down from massive amount of futile studies, caffine, and failure.... so the normal two or three days it takes for my mom to start getting me to the point of eye twitching has been reduced to thirty seconds.  I'm tired... I'm rather pissed... and I'll rant all I want to because it keeps me from stabbing someone or myself.<br />
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PS:  If you're one of the people fighting to say that Happy Holidays is some sort of bash on Christmas... take an iron spike and shove it up your ass.  We don't need more people like you in the gene pool. ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>Blah</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:43:26 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well, four day weekend is coming to a close...  Speeches, test, and more oh my!<br />
The insurance guy finally came Saturday, so we took part of the barn down Sunday.  One fifth of it dismantled.  Half of it doesn't look so bad, the other half is a twisted mass of metal and pine.  It's funny actually.  I've seen the entire life and death of that barn in the course of a few months.  From the trees that were cut down for a guy down the road, to them getting milled and cut in our yard (interesting what kind of things are mobile these days), to drying them for a month in our carport, then the long building process and finally the collapse.  <br />
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Work load has increased because Katrina cost the teachers' over two weeks and there is still extra crap to do at home on weekends so....  Never seem to have time to play with my images anymore <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Power, isn't it great?</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 22:02:04 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yeah, I want that kind of power too...  but I'm referring to the things that makes your showers warm and don't require batteries and candles to see at night.   Hurricane Katrina was... fun.  Nearly fell off the roof this afternoon when it started raining while my dad and I were repairing some of the damage, I got lucky and got the skin of my wrist on a screw and caught myself enough to climb over to my window.  The joy of metal rooves.  We have a bit of water damage in a few rooms, when the tin and insulation go flying across the yard and slamming the house, the drywall will only hold back some of the water.  We got a bit of metal to patch it up from our barn which is now in a state of fubar, do I even have pictures of it up yet?  Oiy.  Greenhouse lost all that nice new hard plastic covering.  Overall the hurricane is a pain for us, but we held up well enough here that we didn't get completely screwed.  <br />
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Anyway, we have power back; good ol satelite tv/internet.  We were on a generator we borrowed from my sister for the last few days, that's 12 hours away so even the halfway there andback meeting to get gas, cash, and the generator was a bit much, but had to have generator to start repairing stuff.<br />
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More good news, all 9 puppies under the tractor's bushhog survived.  Tractor is pinned at the moment by the barn, but the critters are good.  Their mother ran into the house, and we even let her (outside dog, former stray <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" />).  Poor pup, she was shivering so hard.  Over twelve hours of 100+ mph winds even here, no wonder she was so terrified when she'd come in the house <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" />.<br />
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I've only had a week of college now, a week of 'vacation' and probably one more week.  They have relief workers and various police and FBI folks housed at the campus.  Though those folks are just around for the coast.  Even though 85% of the state was without power and such, Mississippians are tough enough we'll take care of ourselves, lol.  And it doesn't hurt that Florida is sending a massive amount of help to the coast, they have a freaking lot of power trucks.<br />
Another good thing about MS, we're nice folk and with the rare except of something like a guy shooting his sister in the head for a bag of ice, we've just been working to clean-up.<br />
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Well, enough rambling to myself.  Should get some sleep... wow A/C is so nice.  Which is good, we have already loaned out a lot of gas and only had a day or so left for the generator.  So later peopleage.  Will probably start screwing with stuff when I get my own computer and camera back from the dorm....  Yeah, storm of the century for this area and I forgot my blasted camera at school. ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>Random</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:08:48 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Haven't really done much this summer.  Though haven't done much at all.  Dog had puppies... 9 of them.  She's a little protective and tries to put them in holes or such.  It was strange, even after we built her a pin.  College stuff is mostly straightened out.  Though the junior college I go to tends to suck at times, availability of classes and the fact they cant keep track of anything...  <br />
Ended up tagging along with some friends yesturday and we got to go bother <a href="http://madmax007.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/m/a/madmax007.gif" width="50" height="50" alt="" title="madmax007" /></a>, but now I understand that DDR is the truth that a hell exists... and it's full of those pads.<br />
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A few days before I move back into the dorm, and 11 days before classes start.  I like the dorm though, good closed in place and neat scenery (once you do some modifications).  Most of our wall covering art comes from <a href="http://drwinstonbowie.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/r/drwinstonbowie.gif" width="50" height="50" alt="" title="drwinstonbowie" /></a> which makes it cool and trippy, plus add it random crap I have (couple lava lamps, posters, etc). <br />
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My icon blows, I need to go work on a new one <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>Tired</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:11:50 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ For some reason my connection doesnt allow me to get in certain sites at random times.  So I've been sadly disconnected from DA for weeks =\<br />
But it magically fixed itself!  Unfortunately now I can't get into my college info thing to add another class to my schedule since my oral comm class got canceled.  Life just likes to make it challenging <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br />
On the barn we have been working, the tin roof is finally up.  I am... tired.  Might get a picture of it up... and then fiddle with it.<br />
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Now I while my computer is working, I have to try to burn as much of yall's art into my mind while I can before this machine goofs up on me,<br />
peace out! ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>Exhaustion to Come</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 23:31:41 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Finally was making my comp not connect with DA is gone, w00t.  Started getting withdrawls, lol.  Out of my freshman year of college with months of 'vacation.'<br />
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Starting to wish I was back on campus.  We have three gardens that average an acre each, plus smaller garden by the house, and a greenhouse.  We've started a barn and my mom never believes the house is never clean enough.  Tomorrow afternoon my brother and sister, their spouses, and the kids will be 'vacationing' here for a number of days.  That's ten people in a house that normally has one or two.  I've gone through places in this house I didn't even know we had!  There is still grass to take care of with the bushhog, lawnmower, and weed eater.  The wall that holds the dirt from pouring out in front of the basement (one outdoor side) was so warped that we've had to rework it before it collapses.  <br />
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And have you ever heard me complain about how I'm not good with kids?  I'm not...  Being the little anti-social hermit I am, means this is going to be a long summer and an even longer week (yeah, that's the right order).<br />
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Then to add to random things (like while DA wasn't working for me), a board I pay for the little special little subscription stuff for on Ezboard has pretty much lost a few years worth of stuff because of a two-bit loser decided to be all big and bad.  The cretin destroyed a  huge chunk of Ezboard's data.  For what?  Why do crackers ruin other people's stuff?  They gain nothing from it, it's just immature, and it shows they don't have enough skill to do something useful.<br />
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I'm tired, but this rant has made me feel a little better (not as good as watching some cracker beg for mercy as they hang from one of the ten foot poles for the barn).  So since my justified and unjustified bits of stress are now spam, I'm going to sleep and pretend I don't have an awful amount of work to rush to finish. ]]></description>
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                <title>Weeee</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:33:55 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Just bouncing around randomly <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pills.gif" width="42" height="17" alt=":pills:" title="Pills" />.   Shouldn't you be looking and pictures  or reading poetry instead of my space  wasting journal entry?  Honestly, stop  wasting time.<br />
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You're still reading, wow.  I've got  you hooked.  Followed the yellow brick  road... <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pacman.gif" width="49" height="20" alt=":pacman:" title="Pacman" /><br />
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<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/shithitsthefan.gif" width="40" height="20" alt=":shithitsthefan:" title="Shit is hitting the fan!" /> Ha, you tool!  I have you led you into  my trap!  <br />
See, you're screwed now, should've  turned back <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/robo.gif" width="49" height="68" alt=":robo:" title="Robo" /><br />
Or... are you, the one, <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/matrixfight.gif" width="91" height="23" alt=":matrixfight:" title="Do not try and bend the spoon ..." /><br />
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<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/skullbones.gif" width="20" height="20" alt=":skullbones:" title="Skull and Crossbones" />Robot<br />
Oh, you suck <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/j/jawdrop.gif" width="15" height="32" alt=":jawdrop:" title="Jawdrop" /><br />
I shall return....   In a day and three  quarters, mark my words in that little  book you keep that I read while you  were going to the bathroom.<br />
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I must've inhaled too much sunlight,  lights out <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/plug.gif" width="40" height="17" alt=":plug:" title="Plug" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~oriontaltos</author>
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                <title>The Littlest Deviant</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:39:59 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Phear the Eternal Newbie... and such...<br />
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Glad to be here, tossed up a few of my  little random images.  Hope yall like  'em.  Love the beauty and talent of the  people here, rock on and keep it  comin'! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /> ]]></description>
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