Phew! That was a rush.

Otakon's over, and I definitely got beat this weekend... I mean, tired. I'm actually not much more tired than any other weekend, but my feet are sore, and tending the store is gonna feel soooo slow now that I've experienced Otakon. :-D

So, basically, I've been busy all weekend, but I was working, and I got monies to prove it. (Yay overtime!) Otakon was crazy, it's the biggest Anime Con on the East coast, and now I want to go to the one in Austin, but it's in February, school time for me, and I might be able to swing it if I save up a bunch of money for it for the 2009 Con. Hmm... Oh well. That's the future, the present is now. I gotta get back in touch with God, though I found a bunch of great applicable verses while I was reading one day on the way to the Con. (I wasn't driving, don't worry.)

They definitely had some cool stuff, and each day was busier than the next. I was able to walk around a little bit Friday and Saturday to see the rest of the Dealer's room as well as the Art and Gaming rooms. Dave and I also watched the first four episodes of an anime called Karin which is about a family of vampires whose middle child is unlike the rest. Well, I won't spoil it for you, I'll let Wikipedia do it for you, if you like. It's intersting so far, though I'm not so sure about the intro... Anyways,now I'm back into watching Bleach (on episode 7 now, SOOO far behind!) at night after work. We(Dave and I) figure if we watch 2 a night, 5 nights a week, we'll get through it in about 3 months. Yes, there are that many. (134 episodes out, and they are still making more!) Well, I might just have to watch a few at home in order to catch up quicker. ;-)

Oh! Cool stuff, yes. Awesome costumes, some were "Eh...," some were "Oh cool," and some were "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING???" Man, I wish I could have taken pictures of some of the things there, but they might be considered NSFW... I don't know, there are some weird people out there. Oh man, some place was selling funky colored contacts... too bad I need prescription lenses.

Right, so, that was a lot, and I'm sure there's a lot more coming, so I'll keep it coming here. Keep coming back and you'll find out what's coming around the bend! :-D Until then, it's a tired, worn out, well paid Gilligan pulling out!

Haha, somebody copied me!

Well it appears someone else has wanderings and ramblings to write about. But of course he's not the only one... I'm amused. Also slightly flattered and intrigued. You see, his title is simple and condensed, mine is not. Kudos to the guy in Vietnam! I was going to go for a title like that, but I figured I'd make it a whole sentence rather than a small phrase. Now I'm reconsidering. Should I rename my blog to make it easier for others to remember? Should I use my URL as the title? (Seems like that would be the most logical move)

I think I shall call my blog "Ever Forgetful, Always..." something. I haven't quite figured out what the "something" should be. Perhaps a synonym or antonym for forgetful, perhaps something completely different. Something like "Ever Forgetful, Always Remembered" possibly? Hmm... so many choices. I love the English language.

Oh! Speaking of which, I'm looking into sticking a word cloud on here somewhere. They always look kind of neat, and I want one! I haven't found one for the old style of Blogger yet though... should I take the plunge and go to "New Blogger"? I'm not sure if I'll lose my fancy sidebar, but I think I might. *Sigh* The cost of change. Always to be calculated first, and dealt with later.

Ta ta till then!
Gilligan

Changed the look... again!

Apologies for the rapid change, but I'm still exploring formats. This is the NewZen look I mentioned in my previous post. I think I like it, how about you? Leave a comment noting which on eyou like better, and what could be done to improve it. (There's still a bunch more tweaking I know, and possibly some null text to replace still, lemme know if you find any.) Oh, and how are those links looking Rachelskirts? ;-) Better, yes?

Changed the look a bit.

So I was poking around, and I figured my blog could use a change. A revamp, if you will. Do you like the new look? I'm enjoying the AJAX. (Click the tag in the upper right corner to see what I mean.) Unfortunately IE doesn't render the shelf columns correctly, but Firefox does. I got it from this template website. There's another on there that I liked, NewZen, but I'm not sure if it's too dang white. There is also a few I found nice on another template website, such as Howling Wolf, Sound Waves, Splash, and Waterfall. Think of any others? Got any suggestions? Let me know! What sites do you know of that offer good templates/layouts for Blogger, either classic or Beta? I'd be glad to hear your suggestions.

Why did man invent debit cards?

Crap! Shoot! Dangit! Blast! Stupid, stupid me... *sigh* When will I learn that money needs to be saved, and not spent?? Oh well. At least I get a camera out of the deal.

You see, there's this lovely website called auctionsniper.com, and it's sole purpose is to help ensure that you will win the products you bid on eBay for. In the past, I have used this site as an easy way to keep track of prices, since I generally put in a max price lower than the item ends up at. I'm generally a pretty good guesser, but this time, I guessed a little too high. It's kind of like a reverse "The Price is Right".

So, there was this digital camera I saw a while back (a month or so) and figured it couldn't hurt to replace my own camera, with it's lack of desire to stay on for more than a few seconds or so (Mysteriously, this quirk seems to come and go), and it's lack of an SD card as memory. (My lappy has an SD card reader built in.) So I was looking around and saw some cameras I thought were nice, one was really good, and came with something like 4 extras (really good deal, even if it was a little bit more than the retail price for the camera itself), and a few other, lesser models, that didn't come with the extras, but were also a third to half the price.

I went to my favorite sniping site, and plugged in some prices, $50 for one, and $100 for another, and the $50 item shot up like a rocket. Unfortunately, the item I bid $100 on only got two bids, a $95 bid, and my snipe at $96. I checked my email this morning which gladly informed me that the auction had ended at midnight, and that I had won. Yay me. :-/

So now, I've blown my savings for the next month, and won't be traveling anywhere anytime soon. Luckily, I've also got a focus group meeting next Monday that'll get me $75, and I'll be doing some work on the side that might get me $50 or so. I was planning on saving that money for something special, but it looks like I'll just have to find odd jobs for extra cash. I've got to get some stuff done for my old high school, I wonder if they'd be looking for summer work?
Not many places (read: none that I've looked at) will hire work for less than 6 months, and I really need some extra money to get me through the school year. God, I screwed up with my finances yet again, but the situation isn't hopeless yet. Please help me out of this, and teach me so that it sticks!

And this is why I don't judge people.

My church is going through the book of James, and this Sunday's sermon was on 4:11-12. A good interpretation of it, clarifying that not all judging is wrong, just the self-righteous kind that puts ourselves in God's place. For "there is only one lawgiver and judge, He who is able to save and to destroy." Too bad we're so prone to fall into that trap. The outlines are here... they haven't updated it yet, but they should shortly. (Got some good stuff there anyways. Go check the rest of the series out.)