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Christmas Shopping and Cats

December 30, 2006 by Aaron

I have officially decided that I dislike Christmas shopping.  It’s not that I don’t like buying gifts for others, or spending money on friends and family, I just don’t like shopping.  I spent a couple hours this evening wandering around the mall, trying to figure out what to buy for people.  But the problem is that I don’t see my family all that often, so I don’t know what they want, or what they need, or what they already have.

And then since it’s Christmas, there is the assumption that gifts are supposed to be thoughtful and meaningful, specific for the individual.  This is what makes it difficult.  If I was to go on vacation somewhere, and buy some random shirts or trinkets for people, they would be happy even if it wasn’t something they wanted or liked.  It’s the thought that counts.  But at christmas time, if someone gets you something you don’t want, you just return it.  It takes away from the spirit and the thoughts behind the gift giving.

I’d much rather buy someone a present out of the blue (like a DVD or CD, or a funny/cute item) or treat them to a movie, or pay for a meal.  That shows more of the spirit of giving than trying to buy something that they will like or want on a day when everyone is expected to.
That and the crowds and shoppers at the malls and the crowdedness of the stores just annoys me.

Anyways, enough about that.  I stumbled upon a goldmine of funny cat pictures the other day (the link was sent to me by a friend).  So I saved all the pictures I could, and put them together in a gallery at http://amishgeek.com/g2/.  I’m slowly going through all the photos, and naming them, and adding keywords so all 1000+ photos are easily searchable.  I’ll also be re-uploading my collection of random funny pictures of other stuff soon too.

Roommates… oh the love!

December 13, 2006 by Aaron

Having roommates can be quite humorous at times.  For example, just tonight, my roommates Steve and Jacob were arguing about fantasy football stuff.  Steve was making fun that Jacob was all of a sudden in last place in their fantasy football league.  All this in the midst of watching the Colbert Report together.  Jacob and I decided it would be kind of fun to make a “Colbert Report Drinking Game”.  So we might have to do that over the next week.

To talk about how random the stuff we do, Jacob put in the “School of Rock” DVD just to watch the last scene where the kids play at the battle of the bands.  Steve thinks that if he could just play drums he could do it all.

Meanwhile, here I sit with my laptop, playing around with photobooth and my isight camera taking before and after pics of my haircut. (no i’m not narcissistic).

Ok, so I’m bored on a Wednesday night and have nothing to do.  I need a garage so I can work on my car.

What is in a Personality?

December 12, 2006 by Aaron

I came across this personality test today, and decided to take it.  Now normally, I don’t waste my time on these personality tests, but a bunch of other people I know were taking it, and so I thought I would see how it pegged me.

Well I was shocked to find out that it had me nailed down almost to a T!  The test said that I am ENTP “Extroverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving”.  Here is what it has to say about people with an ENTP rating:

http://typelogic.com/entp.html

Profile: ENTP
Revision: 3.0
Date of Revision: 26 Feb 2005
“Clever” is the word that perhaps describes ENTPs best. The professor who juggles half a dozen ideas for research papers and grant proposals in his mind while giving a highly entertaining lecture on an abstruse subject is a classic example of the type. So is the stand-up comedian whose lampoons are not only funny, but incisively accurate.

ENTPs are usually verbally as well as cerebrally quick, and generally love to argue–both for its own sake, and to show off their often-impressive skills. They tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil’s advocate. They sometimes confuse, even inadvertently hurt, those who don’t understand or accept the concept of argument as a sport.

ENTPs are as innovative and ingenious at problem-solving as they are at verbal gymnastics; on occasion, however, they manage to outsmart themselves. This can take the form of getting found out at “sharp practice”–ENTPs have been known to cut corners without regard to the rules if it’s expedient — or simply in the collapse of an over-ambitious juggling act. Both at work and at home, ENTPs are very fond of “toys”–physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better. They tend to tire of these quickly, however, and move on to new ones.

ENTPs are basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they tend to become extremely petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences. (Major setbacks they tend to regard as challenges, and tackle with determin- ation.) ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this. However, they do tend to be extremely genial, if not charming, when not being harassed by life in general.

In terms of their relationships with others, ENTPs are capable of bonding very closely and, initially, suddenly, with their loved ones. Some appear to be deceptively offhand with their nearest and dearest; others are so demonstrative that they succeed in shocking co-workers who’ve only seen their professional side. ENTPs are also good at acquiring friends who are as clever and entertaining as they are. Aside from those two areas, ENTPs tend to be oblivious of the rest of humanity, except as an audience — good, bad, or potential.

Some Famous ENTPs:

Alexander the Great
Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart
Sir Walter Raleigh

Fictional:

Mercutio, from Romeo and Juliet
Horace Rumpole, from John Mortimer’s Rumpole of the Bailey series
Dorothy L. Sayers’s detective Lord Peter Wimsey

Take the test yourself, and see what you are!

Shopping for the SAAB Enthusiast

December 8, 2006 by Aaron

Often times it is difficult to know what to get someone for the holidays. As my family and friends already know, I can be a difficult person to buy gifts for. So I’m providing info and tips for what is hot this holiday season for the geek in your life who also happens to be a Saab nut.

Anyone who enjoys working on cars often times has a wish list of things they would like to buy for their car, or things they would like to do to their car. Here are some suggestions of things to get for the Saab Enthusiast. These are this years hot items:

Front Mount Inter Cooler (FMIC), $90 + shipping – Many Saab lovers that are tuning a classic 900 desire to mount a FMIC to the front of their car to help improve their turbo charging system. The FMIC acts to help cool the air after it passes through the turbo and on into the engine. Definitely one of the bigger ticket items to make a Saab guy happy.

Gauges and Gauge Cluster – When improving and tuning a car, it is always helpful to have live information about the condition of the engine. This is where a 3-gauge DIN cluster that mounts in the radio slot comes in handy. With a Boost Gauge ($68.95), Air/Fuel Gauge ($71.95), and a Water Temp Gauge ($60.96), you can add character and better improve performance of you Saab.

Another big ticket item this year is the JT 3″ Downpipe ($257) for the exhaust system. By upgrading to a 3″ downpipe you can better imrove the flow of the engine so the turbo can spool better for improved power and performance.

As always, a Saab enthusiast can never have enough tools. No Saab tuner should be without a full set of (metric) ratchet wrenches ($179.99). These ratcheting wrenches can mean the difference between a 30 minute job and an hour long job, and save your knuckes as well.

Christmas Wish List

December 6, 2006 by Aaron

For those who may be wondering what is on my Christmas wish list this year…  one item is a new FMIC for my Saab 900 SPG :)   I found a good one on ebay that would work very nicely.

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