So I went to the midnight release of Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour at Midtown Comics with Martin today. It was pretty fun.
We got there when they were shutting down the store. We walked around for a while and went back to the store at 10. We were the 6th and 7th in line. Three people in front of us were dressed as Scott, Stephen Stills, and Wallace. The guy dressed as Wallace was carrying a martini glass full of water.
Strangers kept asking us what we were lined up for. It got boring explaining that it was for Scott Pilgrim so I yelled, “Twilight!,” at one guy and he just walked off saying, “Oh.”
When they opened the doors, we went up and grabbed the books as soon as we could. Martin almost tripped going up the stairs, actually.
We left soon after and decided not to read the book till we got home. That way, I could finish my second run through volume 5 and we could both read without any distractions.
O’Malley ended the series so well. I’ll post a review later. Too excited about having finished it too write anything.
UPDATE! Martin reminded me that we ran into a girl dressed as Ramona a couple of times around the city. She eventually turned up to get on the line. The girl was carrying a bat!
I was going through my comments and decided to take a look at my spam. This one was too good to pass up. I ended up approving it and just getting rid of the spammer’s address.
LOL is that what you young people would say in this cases? Hello there, i’m a 84 years old grandfather and I’ve just found this website in my browser history. My nephew used my laptop the last time he went here, I believe… he says LOL pretty often but I’ve started to undertand what it means only recently but he’s a good boy after all. Keep doing your best guys, Internet is a real blessing and you have no idea how lucky you are. Best wishes by a old man commenting for the first time
Great, no?
I remember a time when I’d write blog posts several times a day. Not sure what happened over the years.
During my junior year of high school, I got a little busy and let the blog sit around. If I remember correctly, I might’ve also been trying to figure out how much of my life I make public.
Twitter’s played a big part in my lack of interest in blogging here at Cafenut. I’ll have been @shahid for 4 years next week. Twitter made it easier for me to get my point across quick. I’ve seen Twitter evolve over the years. I joined way back when it was just twttr. According to this article on TechCrunch, I joined on day two. Didn’t know that. I like the comments on that article. Who would’ve thought it would get so huge? Not me.
Well, things have changed since the time I would blog regularly. Not sure what I plan on doing with Cafenut. I guess I’ll just write when I feel like it.
WordPress 3.0 looks shiny but familiar. I need a refresher.
Back when I was a ninth grader, I saved up enough money to get myself a Lomo LC-A and a few other things that came bundled with it. I took photos with the camera like crazy. My only problem was that I had a hard time saving money to develop my photos. In fact, I still have a handful of undeveloped rolls from years ago lying around.
After a while, I noticed that the camera was acting up. The front casing was loose and my attempts at fixing the problem weren’t that great. I decided to use masking tape to keep the camera from falling apart and colored it black.
Well, I finally got it repaired. I took it to a guy who goes by the name, Lomodoctor Fa. When I took my LC-A over to his place, he sat down with my friend and me at a small desk. It had a bunch of tools and such.
It took Fa very little time to figure out how to fix my LC-A. While he did work on the camera, he gave me some tips on taking care of it. He even switched up my bad screws and put some tape on the camera to protect it. Pretty cool guy.
I plan using my LC-A a lot more often now. If only I could get some film to use in it. I prefer Fuji Superia but they don’t have it at the Rite Aid or CVS near me. Both B&H and Adorama are closed till Friday. What do I do!?
Published on
February 10, 2010 in
Geeky and Tech.
I’ve been using an application called WriteRoom to write up reports and such lately. WriteRoom lets you block everything out and allows you to work against a black background. It helps me concentrate on only what I’m trying to finish writing. Whenever I try to work on something, I end up spending at least 200% more time than necessary because I let myself get distracted. What I’ll do is surf through sites like Wikipedia or go on Amazon and look up junk.
On another note, classes are cancelled because of the snow. What am I doing? Procrastinating by writing about how I prevent procrastination. I should really be studying for my chemistry exam.
Also, there should be a screenshot here of what WriteRoom looks like.
Quite honestly, I don’t remember when I stopped blogging. Well, stopped writing for Cafenut. I think at some point, I began to post things over at cafenut.tumblr.com instead of this site. Possibly because I had a feeling I wouldn’t be able to afford a renewal at the time. Last night, I decided to pull things together and resurrect the website.
After paying a few fees and working out some issues with Dreamhost, I was able to get the site up and running. I was afraid I might’ve given up on Cafenut and deleted the entire site. Fortunately, I had three backups saved on my laptop.
I was a little reluctant to keep up my old posts because I might’ve had things that would embarrass me now. But honestly, I could care less. Those old posts help me see what’s changed about myself and what’s still the same.
I’m not sure how frequently I’ll be writing here because I’m usually tweeting these days. Twitter has changed the way I blog. I think my early posts from Blogger (circa 2004-2005) are similar to what I’m usually posting on Twitter now. I’m still considering whether or not I should make my Twitter feed public again.
Anyway, this blog needs an overhaul. I think I’ll be working on improving my writing. I don’t have the time to focus on the layout of the site or anything. We’ll see where things go.
It feels nice to be blogging again, or at least attempting to begin again. I was looking through my old posts and I realized how much I’ve changed. It’s nice to look at the things I wrote back then. It let’s me understand myself a bit better.
I’m still working out the kinks. Bear with me please!
Published on
December 10, 2007 in
Music.
Forgot to add that when I got home, my In Rainbows discbox was awaiting me. The packaging is really nice. Disc 2 is great, too. It even comes with a load of photos and artwork. I just hope I get a record player soon. I have quite a bunch of vinyls I can’t play cuz our old record player’s busted.
