Life isn’t Passing Me By

Things are going really well. I have a (temporary) new job, zero time on my hands, and a crapload to do. Nonetheless, it’s easy to find the positive in my life because I have a lot of amazing people who care about and support me. I’ll always be grateful to the people in my life who matter.

The new job may only be temporary, but I have high hopes that it will become a permanent situation that I can count on for regular income- even if it isn’t the best of situations, any situation is better than zero income. I’m at least proving to be pretty good at it. I just wish I didn’t come home every day smelling like carbon dust. It could always be worse. I could come home smelling like fry oil.

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Food For Thought (#Kony2012)

This keeps getting blasted everywhere, so I’ll link it up.

I find it funny that we’ve sent a thousand troops to Israel in preparation for raping Iran, and Obama sent a whole of 100 troops to Uganda to try and depose this sick bastard. I guess Islamophobia is spreading like flu. It’s sad, because it gets in the way of addressing serious concerns like the video above. It’s far easier to scare people with nuclear armaments than it is to get them to feel for other humans. At least, that’s what I gather from this.

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Sabu: Hardcore FBI Informant

Sabu: FBI Informant

I think those links sum up the coverage of the “arrest” of Hector Monsegur a.k.a. Sabu. It’s been an interesting story- from the rise of LulzSec and the Fox and Sony hacks, all the way up until the end of summer. Now we’ve come to realize that Sabu never got “v&”, only because he was informing the entire time. Something tells me his life is going to be a little difficult for a while, as being an informant is not exactly the most well-liked occupation for a person to have. Note a few things, though. One, he was only “arrested”. He’s not serving hard time, not that I can see anywhere. He probably will get at most two years, and go on to making a ton of cash as a consultant. Who wouldn’t want him? Sure, he’s rogue as hell, but now he’s fingerprinted and exposed. The combine has him. He’ll never have an independent thought in his head again.

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ZOMG!!!1!!one!!

I’m damned glad I’ve pulled away from a lot of what seems to be online drama whoring and idiocy. “Trolling”- thrown around a lot as an excuse for being butthurt and not having the coping skills to deal with it without throwing a fit like a little girl. “Hackers” seem to have the sorest tits I’ve seen, not having any social skills at all and pissing off people by the busload. It’s ridiculous, really. Do you actually think it’s acceptable to piss everyone off just because you’re in a position to? Just sad, really. Living in a basement or garage and having no flesh body to turn to, just pixels on a screen, thousands of miles away. I guess I’d need medication, too, if that sad existence were mine.

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Busy, Busy, Busy

Working feels good. I fucking love being employed. I almost never like the tasks I’m charged with, but feeling like a productive member of society and enjoying the perks of this status is a deep requirement for me to feel like a whole person. It’s more than satisfying in a lot of ways, because being an adult is satisfying. No one tells you what to do, you simply commit to actions that will have the best outcomes for whatever it is you’re trying to achieve. I would never go back to being a kid, I don’t take adulthood for granted at all. Yes, it’s hard. It’s always hard, all the time. Sometimes to the point of making me feel like I’ll break under the pressure. But I’ve become accustomed to it, I use that pressure to feed into my actions and give me energy.

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“Cybersecurity” Rant

This post is largely a reply to a blog post by x_ryujin_x on his blog.

First of all, the internet is an insanely useful tool whose value can’t be underestimated. Sure, the internet can transfer lots of interesting information at light speed. That’s incredibly helpful. However, there are many sad individuals who put far too much faith in the internet and rely solely on it for their livelihood, pretty much entirely. It’s important we take a step back and realize the full implications of “TANGO DOWN” in relation to the internet.

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Redlegion’s Tips for Working Midnights

I recently landed a job on third shift, and it’s the fourth time in my lifetime I’ve worked third shift. I’ve always hated third shift, but I’ve also come to respect the diehards who do it year after year. It’s tricky, and not always easy. The sun is your enemy. Summer is also a pain. There are a great many things that get in the way of sleeping all day after working all night. Here are a few tips I’ve gathered along the way.

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JiZZy: Pakistan

I fucking love this prank call. It’s some of the funniest shit I’ve ever heard. This guy who goes by “JiZZy” calls AOL’s signup hotline and decides to have a little fun with the poor guy he gets connected to. Hilarity ensues:

Transcript

JiZZy: Hello?
AOL: Hallo?
AOL: (Clears throat)
JiZZy: Hello?
AOL: Yes sir, how can I help you?
J: I can hear you.
A: Yes?
J: Yes.
(Simultaneously) J: Are you American? A: How can I help you?
(J Slight First Simultaneous) J: Are you American A: Pardon Me?
(Simultaneously) J: Are you American? A: I am an Indian.
A: I am an Indian.
J: You are WHAT?
A: I am an Indian.
J: Well my name is
A: Yes?
J: My name is
J: My name is Enid Pakistan, and I come from Pakistan, and I want to know, um, if the America Online, and why it is being handled to the, um, dirty mud people of India. I am from Pakistan…
A:(Clears throat)
J: …I am a Pakistani.
A: Well,
J: (not clear)
A: You definitely show your akhat, excuse me, you definitey show your uh akhat by calling us uh here, you definitey show your akhat.
JiZZy: I dip my balls in the Ganges river.
A: Ok, dude, you want to speak now, you better be careful, if you do want to speak, just keep the phone down and get lost. Do you undertstand what I am saying dude? You are showing exactly who you are, from where you are. That’s what you are showing. That’s-That’s in your blood, so there is no suprise there, right?
J: You are threating me! We will launch nuclear missles at the Punjabi southern India! You are dirty mud person, I took a big shit in the river Ganges!
A: Okay, DUDE!, Just get lost. You take care. You have a nice day. Next time you just call it- Next time you just call us, you’re going to be in big trouble, okay? You better be careful.
J: I violate the corpses floating in the river Ganges.
A: And uh, just do one more thing, do one more thing, tell your mother all these things, she will definitely like it. Okay?
(Hiroshima-sized LOLity that JiZZy could not possibly hold back)
J: (Explodes in utter lolity for the next approximately 25 seconds)
Grog: What did he say?
JiZZy: Did you record that?
TehDely: YES!

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