Everyone loves to visit Las Vegas. Living here I've noticed that when people come to visit, they really come to visit. They come in packs! Usually a whole bunch at the same time, certain times of the year.
This is that time of year. I have so many people coming to visit, all at once, or one after the other. It's good. I like seeing my family, new friends and old friends. It's really keeping me busy for now.
Today I went onto the base. Aunty Rose and Carol wanted to go to the BX. Uncle Vill and Jose went to the Ticket & Travel office and got me some free Bon Jovi tickets for tomorrow night. I went back there a couple hours later to stand in line to get me another pair. So, I have plans tomorrow night, and will be busy for the next few days.
But right now, here I am, sitting and thinking about everything. It's still not enough to get my mind off of things. The time I spent today doing all kinds of things, shopping, standing in line, grocery shopping, sitting in traffic, picking up Raven from school, watching kids, sitting on the computer...all I could think about was if he was alright.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Dead Bodies
So I went over one of my last blogs in my If.. blog. How would I get rid of a dead body? When I answered this question I was running around with my friend John in Stranglethorn Vale and asked him how he would dispose of a body. Strange subject, but he brought up Sulfuric Acid, something about throwing pigeons in it when they were kids. Damn, did you guys not have toys when you were young? Anyway, being the curiously strange kind of person I am, I looked up all I could look up on Sulfuric Acid. Yeah, not a good idea! I found this article from BBC News:
"In the 1940s the "acid bath murderer" John Haigh attempted to dissolve the bodies of six victims in sulphuric acid. This destroys bones and tissue but it can't digest fats - or plastic. This is how John Haigh was caught. A pair of dentures, a red plastic handbag, and three human gallstones - covered in a layer of fat - were retrieved from the acid sludge found at his workshop."
So I did a little more research and found this page with a very interesting response from one of the posters there.
"First, be smart from the very beginning. Pulverize all teeth, burn off fingerprints, and disfigure the face. Forcing a DNA test to establish identity (if it ever comes to that) might introduce the legal/forensic hurdle that saves your ass down the line. An unidentifiable body can, in a pinch, be dressed in thrift store clothes and dropped in a bad part of town where the police are less likely to question it. I don't reommend that disposal method, I'm just saying an easily identifiable body is an even bigger threat than the opposite.
Assuming you have it inside a house where you can work on it a bit, the first thing you want to do is drain it of fluids. This will make it easier to cut up, and slow decomposition a little bit. The best way to do this quick and dirty is to perforate the body with a pointed knife, and then perform CPR on it. Cut the fronts of the thighs deep, diagonally, to slit the femoral arteries. Then pump the chest. The valves in the heart will still work when dead, and the springback of the ribcage can put apply a fair amount of suction to the artria. Do this in a tub. Plug the drain, and mingle lots of bleach with the bodily fluids before unplugging the drain to empty the tub. This should help control the stench of death, which would otherwise reek from your gutter gratings. Do everything you can to control odors. Plug in an ionizer, burn candles, leave bowls of baking soda everywhere. Ventilate the room in the middle of the night, but otherwise keep it closed. Keep the body under a plastic sheet while it's in the tub.
If you want to bury, I recommend seperating the body into several parts, and burying them seperately. For one thing, it's easier to dig a deep enough hole for a head than for an entire body. this reduces your chances of being discovered while you are actually outside and digging the grave. That is the one thing you can't do inside the doors of your house, and represents a vulnerable moment you want to keep brief, under 2 hours. Do it between 3 and 5 am. It's also less likely for someone to call the police if their dog digs up some chunk of meat, than if they dig up an enitre body. They may assume it's an animal carcass disfigured by decomposition, and leave it alone or dispose of it. It's also more likely that the dog will consume all of it before anyone knows the difference. A whole skeleton is another story. You can cut a body into 6 pieces faster than you think. It's not much different than boning a chicken, but it takes more work, a big knife, and time. A hammer will be useful for pulverizing joints or driving the knife deep where it doesn't want to go. Anyway it's wise to crush as much of the skeleton as you can along the way. It will aid in making the body less identifiable for what it is as it decomposes.
Don't return to the same site 6 times for 6 burials.You'll attract suspicion from anyone nearby, and you'll wind up placing the body parts close enough together to be found by any serious investigation. Put them in plastic bags with lots of bleach, and store in a freezer until you have enough time to bury them all.
Depending on what tools you have available, you may find that you're get really good at deconstructing the body. You might prefer to slowly sprinkle it down a drain without leaving your house. This avoids the long-term risk of discovery associated with burial, and the overwhelming supply of bacteria in a sewer accellerates deconomposition, whil e providing a convenient cover smell.
Truly grinding down a body takes a lot more work, and you run the risk of fouling your plumbing and calling in a plumber. So don't try it unless you know how to clear bones and meat out of a drainpipe. A good food processor can be useful. But don't over-use it, or power drills or saws. They're noisy and they attract attention. And forget the kitchen sink. It's better if you actually remove one of the toilets in your house from its base, which will give you direct access to one of the largest sewer pipes that enters your house. Follow any disposals with lots of bleach and then run the water for 5 or 10 minutes on top of that. And plug that pipe when you're not using it, to prevent any sewer gasses from backing up into your house. Usually, a U-trap inside the toilet does that for you."
Actually, there were quite a few interesting responses, from helium balloons to an ooze like form of Jimmy Hoffa in a cement filled barrel. Now, I have no idea how this person knows this kind of stuff but it's definitely a winner. Although I must say the whole idea of being in the middle of a very large desert is convenient for your daily dead body needs. I could always go with what my Uncle Donald told me once, if you are going to kill someone, make sure you bury them about 10 feet underground, they never dig deeper then 6 feet. Good point Uncle, remind me not to piss you off.
"In the 1940s the "acid bath murderer" John Haigh attempted to dissolve the bodies of six victims in sulphuric acid. This destroys bones and tissue but it can't digest fats - or plastic. This is how John Haigh was caught. A pair of dentures, a red plastic handbag, and three human gallstones - covered in a layer of fat - were retrieved from the acid sludge found at his workshop."
So I did a little more research and found this page with a very interesting response from one of the posters there.
"First, be smart from the very beginning. Pulverize all teeth, burn off fingerprints, and disfigure the face. Forcing a DNA test to establish identity (if it ever comes to that) might introduce the legal/forensic hurdle that saves your ass down the line. An unidentifiable body can, in a pinch, be dressed in thrift store clothes and dropped in a bad part of town where the police are less likely to question it. I don't reommend that disposal method, I'm just saying an easily identifiable body is an even bigger threat than the opposite.
Assuming you have it inside a house where you can work on it a bit, the first thing you want to do is drain it of fluids. This will make it easier to cut up, and slow decomposition a little bit. The best way to do this quick and dirty is to perforate the body with a pointed knife, and then perform CPR on it. Cut the fronts of the thighs deep, diagonally, to slit the femoral arteries. Then pump the chest. The valves in the heart will still work when dead, and the springback of the ribcage can put apply a fair amount of suction to the artria. Do this in a tub. Plug the drain, and mingle lots of bleach with the bodily fluids before unplugging the drain to empty the tub. This should help control the stench of death, which would otherwise reek from your gutter gratings. Do everything you can to control odors. Plug in an ionizer, burn candles, leave bowls of baking soda everywhere. Ventilate the room in the middle of the night, but otherwise keep it closed. Keep the body under a plastic sheet while it's in the tub.
If you want to bury, I recommend seperating the body into several parts, and burying them seperately. For one thing, it's easier to dig a deep enough hole for a head than for an entire body. this reduces your chances of being discovered while you are actually outside and digging the grave. That is the one thing you can't do inside the doors of your house, and represents a vulnerable moment you want to keep brief, under 2 hours. Do it between 3 and 5 am. It's also less likely for someone to call the police if their dog digs up some chunk of meat, than if they dig up an enitre body. They may assume it's an animal carcass disfigured by decomposition, and leave it alone or dispose of it. It's also more likely that the dog will consume all of it before anyone knows the difference. A whole skeleton is another story. You can cut a body into 6 pieces faster than you think. It's not much different than boning a chicken, but it takes more work, a big knife, and time. A hammer will be useful for pulverizing joints or driving the knife deep where it doesn't want to go. Anyway it's wise to crush as much of the skeleton as you can along the way. It will aid in making the body less identifiable for what it is as it decomposes.
Don't return to the same site 6 times for 6 burials.You'll attract suspicion from anyone nearby, and you'll wind up placing the body parts close enough together to be found by any serious investigation. Put them in plastic bags with lots of bleach, and store in a freezer until you have enough time to bury them all.
Depending on what tools you have available, you may find that you're get really good at deconstructing the body. You might prefer to slowly sprinkle it down a drain without leaving your house. This avoids the long-term risk of discovery associated with burial, and the overwhelming supply of bacteria in a sewer accellerates deconomposition, whil e providing a convenient cover smell.
Truly grinding down a body takes a lot more work, and you run the risk of fouling your plumbing and calling in a plumber. So don't try it unless you know how to clear bones and meat out of a drainpipe. A good food processor can be useful. But don't over-use it, or power drills or saws. They're noisy and they attract attention. And forget the kitchen sink. It's better if you actually remove one of the toilets in your house from its base, which will give you direct access to one of the largest sewer pipes that enters your house. Follow any disposals with lots of bleach and then run the water for 5 or 10 minutes on top of that. And plug that pipe when you're not using it, to prevent any sewer gasses from backing up into your house. Usually, a U-trap inside the toilet does that for you."
Actually, there were quite a few interesting responses, from helium balloons to an ooze like form of Jimmy Hoffa in a cement filled barrel. Now, I have no idea how this person knows this kind of stuff but it's definitely a winner. Although I must say the whole idea of being in the middle of a very large desert is convenient for your daily dead body needs. I could always go with what my Uncle Donald told me once, if you are going to kill someone, make sure you bury them about 10 feet underground, they never dig deeper then 6 feet. Good point Uncle, remind me not to piss you off.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
My WoW friends
After playing World of Warcraft for over two years, it's very interesting meeting people that you play with online everyday for the first time. You know them, you hear their voices on Teamspeak or Vent, but you really don't know them.
Since I live in Las Vegas, and everyone likes to congregate here once in a while, I've met a few of my WoW friends. So far, out of everyone I've met in person that I play with online with, their personality online is the same as when you meet them IRL. Today, I got to meet another one of my friends. He's not just some random person you meet online that you fight those demons and dragons with. He is also the guild leader and I would consider him a very close friend to me and Michael, even though, technically, we've never met. Until today.
He is a genuine person, great guy, and probably one of the very few people who actually reads my blogs! Like Ember would say, "You are cool! But, I'm cooler dude.."
Ember and Ryan at The Cheesecake Factory
Thank you Ryan, for entertaining my girls, for my birthday present, for lunch, for the company, for your "morning" every afternoon, for talking with me, and most of all for being my friend.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
What I want to be when I grow up
I can never make up my mind on things. I do so many things I enjoy that many people don't know about. I would like to say I'm an artistic kind of person, at least I think I am. But I can never just stay with one thing. I play music, I can sing, I like photography, scrapbooking, I sew, I like gardening (not in the desert), drawing, I even quilt. I'm not necessarily good at all of these things, but I do enjoy it.
For the last two years I've been playing World of Warcraft. I am also a gamer. Taking a break from it has opened up so many possibilities for me. I've found I don't have to sit on the game every waking hour of the day. There are so much other things to do. So I limit myself, maybe one day a week dedicated to playing MMO's. Or maybe one or two hours late at night. The rest of the time I have to do things I didn't have the time to do before.
I would probably do well as a craft instructor or some sort of music teacher, maybe working at a fabric/craft store. I could see myself doing stuff like that, not that I want to do that. Only thing is, I focus on more alternative styles, or the darker side of life. Conservative people beware!
P H O T O G R A P H Y
I have always had the idea of becoming a photographer since i was just a kid. I took photography in high school and learned basic techniques. I wanted to take the next classes but since you could only have one elective, I was forced to take the Pregnant Teen Mother class instead.
When my husband deployed for the military one year, I really got into the idea that I should take pictures of myself and send them to him. I'm not talking about everyday pictures, and I'm not talking hardcore porn either. Boudoir pictures, pinup style, semi-nude, but tasteful pictures. Unfortunately, it's very hard to take pictures of yourself without proper equipment. There are lots of people that want to have pictures of themselves like this to keep for themselves, or send to their loved ones. I also like to take those other types of mysterious, dark, spooky pictures. Graveyard types of pictures, renaissance, ethereal, fantasy maybe. I wish there was some sort of class or lecture or lesson for this kind of stuff.
Since I am in Las Vegas now and there are more people here then there was in Wyoming, I don't think it will be too difficult to find people that want to have pictures of themselves taken. Maybe other military spouses whose husbands have deployed, or getting ready to deploy, or maybe just that special occasion. I would do it all for free, since it is a hobby and I'm not a pro. I just need a new camera and I'm good. I have an old digital SLR but it only has 2 mega pixels. Not good! What if I want to posterize something? It will just be a blurry thing.
S C R A P B O O K I N G
I've always wanted to try the scrapbooking thing as something I do often. But what is up with all this pastel, paisley crap? My mind is not butterflies and rainbows here. I made my husband a beautiful scrap book that he took with him to Honduras for a year. It's ok for a beginner type. Not too extreme like what I want to do. My girls each made a page for him and it is really nice.
But I was thinking I'm going to start doing some "Gothic Scrapbooking." I talked about it before with one of the girls I work with. She likes scrapbooking too, but we are not rays of sunshine. We work at Hot Topic. Black is a nice color, skulls and bats are cute. So are fluffy cats, but that's not the point. I want to do alternative scrapbooking. Too bad scrapping stores don't carry blood and gore.
I should post on some Vegas forums or bulletin boards at craft places to see if there are other people that are interested in having some sort of get together, maybe we can have tea and crumpets. Maybe right after that risque photo shoot! We could throw all those naughty pictures together and make a scrapbook.
I need more like minded individuals...
For the last two years I've been playing World of Warcraft. I am also a gamer. Taking a break from it has opened up so many possibilities for me. I've found I don't have to sit on the game every waking hour of the day. There are so much other things to do. So I limit myself, maybe one day a week dedicated to playing MMO's. Or maybe one or two hours late at night. The rest of the time I have to do things I didn't have the time to do before.
I would probably do well as a craft instructor or some sort of music teacher, maybe working at a fabric/craft store. I could see myself doing stuff like that, not that I want to do that. Only thing is, I focus on more alternative styles, or the darker side of life. Conservative people beware!
P H O T O G R A P H Y
I have always had the idea of becoming a photographer since i was just a kid. I took photography in high school and learned basic techniques. I wanted to take the next classes but since you could only have one elective, I was forced to take the Pregnant Teen Mother class instead.
When my husband deployed for the military one year, I really got into the idea that I should take pictures of myself and send them to him. I'm not talking about everyday pictures, and I'm not talking hardcore porn either. Boudoir pictures, pinup style, semi-nude, but tasteful pictures. Unfortunately, it's very hard to take pictures of yourself without proper equipment. There are lots of people that want to have pictures of themselves like this to keep for themselves, or send to their loved ones. I also like to take those other types of mysterious, dark, spooky pictures. Graveyard types of pictures, renaissance, ethereal, fantasy maybe. I wish there was some sort of class or lecture or lesson for this kind of stuff.
Since I am in Las Vegas now and there are more people here then there was in Wyoming, I don't think it will be too difficult to find people that want to have pictures of themselves taken. Maybe other military spouses whose husbands have deployed, or getting ready to deploy, or maybe just that special occasion. I would do it all for free, since it is a hobby and I'm not a pro. I just need a new camera and I'm good. I have an old digital SLR but it only has 2 mega pixels. Not good! What if I want to posterize something? It will just be a blurry thing.
S C R A P B O O K I N G
I've always wanted to try the scrapbooking thing as something I do often. But what is up with all this pastel, paisley crap? My mind is not butterflies and rainbows here. I made my husband a beautiful scrap book that he took with him to Honduras for a year. It's ok for a beginner type. Not too extreme like what I want to do. My girls each made a page for him and it is really nice.
But I was thinking I'm going to start doing some "Gothic Scrapbooking." I talked about it before with one of the girls I work with. She likes scrapbooking too, but we are not rays of sunshine. We work at Hot Topic. Black is a nice color, skulls and bats are cute. So are fluffy cats, but that's not the point. I want to do alternative scrapbooking. Too bad scrapping stores don't carry blood and gore.
I should post on some Vegas forums or bulletin boards at craft places to see if there are other people that are interested in having some sort of get together, maybe we can have tea and crumpets. Maybe right after that risque photo shoot! We could throw all those naughty pictures together and make a scrapbook.
I need more like minded individuals...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
..
bring two prix fixe dinners up
I’ll unwrap the plastic cups
it’s just us my love
it’s just us my love
I will clean the room up nice
put your insides all on ice
it was real true love
it was real true love
close all the windows
put signs on the handles
and strip down to my dun-dun-duns
you have gone so far
you have gone so far
and tonight
its just me and the minibar
candles from the walmart that
every city has to have
that I bought last night
that I bought last night
I was so excited to
do such normal things with you
when you left last night
with your toothbrush dry
no such details will spoil my plan
that is the kind of girl I am
can you hear room 318...?
man they’re really happening...
they’re a wild bunch
they’re a wild bunch
but if they just knew
what my night was coming too
god would they vomit and run
you have gone so far
you have gone too far
So tonight
it’s just me and the minibar
nobody else
and I sing at the top of my lungs
happy birthday us
happy birthday us
-Dresden Dolls
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the world. Unfortunately for
me, today is like any other normal day. On a positive note, Michael
finally called me to let me know he got to Iraq safely...I don't know if
the words Iraq and safe are words that could be put in a sentence
together. But it was enough for me to be happy today.
me, today is like any other normal day. On a positive note, Michael
finally called me to let me know he got to Iraq safely...I don't know if
the words Iraq and safe are words that could be put in a sentence
together. But it was enough for me to be happy today.
Michael will be able to message me from Iraq. But, he won't be able to
use AIM. It will have to be MSN. Still good for me since I use both.
So, if you want to keep in touch with him, sign up for MSN, and I will
let you know when he gets it set up. He is about 11 hours ahead of
Pacific Standard Time, so, he should be sleeping right now.
Well, I better get back to cleaning. I have to go to the store to get a
few things. I'm tired of eating PBJ's everyday.
<3 jonette
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Caffeine headache, ouch!
This morning I woke up and took my kids to my friend's house so that I could go to work, which I only do once a week. It's only a five hour shift, but by the end of it, the base of my head was throbbing and getting worse. I realize I didn't have that daily dose of Diet Coke in the morning. Caffeine headache!
The discussion of healthy living has been brought up to me a few times within the past week. Discussions on eating, exercising, dieting, vitamins and supplements included. I have definitely decided that I should try to quit eating sugar, and possibly things made of white flour. I've also decided to start walking again.
About 5 years ago, my husband went to Saudi Arabia for a deployment in the military. I used to go to the 24 hour gym on base at about midnight and walk for an hour 3-5 days a week. I also quit drinking soda and only drank water. I lost 60 lbs doing this.
Well now that he is deployed again, I think it may be time to try it out again. This time I am debating on sticking with caffeine. I have read all about caffeine through many sources online. It has both negative and positive factors, but there isn't enough negative information to fully convince me that caffeine is bad. I don't think I will quit caffeine, but I think maybe I'll slow down on it instead. I love my diet coke! I love drinking hot tea. I'm not quitting.
The discussion of healthy living has been brought up to me a few times within the past week. Discussions on eating, exercising, dieting, vitamins and supplements included. I have definitely decided that I should try to quit eating sugar, and possibly things made of white flour. I've also decided to start walking again.
About 5 years ago, my husband went to Saudi Arabia for a deployment in the military. I used to go to the 24 hour gym on base at about midnight and walk for an hour 3-5 days a week. I also quit drinking soda and only drank water. I lost 60 lbs doing this.
Well now that he is deployed again, I think it may be time to try it out again. This time I am debating on sticking with caffeine. I have read all about caffeine through many sources online. It has both negative and positive factors, but there isn't enough negative information to fully convince me that caffeine is bad. I don't think I will quit caffeine, but I think maybe I'll slow down on it instead. I love my diet coke! I love drinking hot tea. I'm not quitting.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Bask in the Glory of Awesomeness!
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
write a blog about me
Jonette says:
ok
Jonette says:
uh what do you want me to write about
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
anything!
Jonette says:
hah I don't know
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
about how awesome i am!
Jonette says:
I'll name it "A Day in the Life of The Office Bitch
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
haha
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
john watches tv
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
john sits on his computer
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
john goes home
Jonette says:
rinse and repeat?
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
pretty much
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
some times i get random stuff
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
like finding a tmobile store in vegas haha
Jonette says:
lol
Jonette says:
in between all that shrimping and boating
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
yeah when im all by myself at the office
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
shrimping is all i do
Jonette says:
hehe, and all this is going in my blog right now
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
wtf if you put that in there ill never talk to you again!
write a blog about me
Jonette says:
ok
Jonette says:
uh what do you want me to write about
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
anything!
Jonette says:
hah I don't know
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
about how awesome i am!
Jonette says:
I'll name it "A Day in the Life of The Office Bitch
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
haha
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
john watches tv
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
john sits on his computer
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
john goes home
Jonette says:
rinse and repeat?
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
pretty much
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
some times i get random stuff
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
like finding a tmobile store in vegas haha
Jonette says:
lol
Jonette says:
in between all that shrimping and boating
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
yeah when im all by myself at the office
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
shrimping is all i do
Jonette says:
hehe, and all this is going in my blog right now
Living Single, Seeing Double, Sleeping Triple says:
wtf if you put that in there ill never talk to you again!
Gothic Poetry Generator!
I thought this kind of funny yet fascinating. In the 7th grade, I believe it was my English class, we had this guest poet come in and teach us this method of poetry. This guy was the coolest hippie I've ever met. He somehow convinced all of us it was ok to smoke pot by telling us that marijuana kills brain cells....but of course in our lifetime we don't even use half of our brain so it's ok. The teachers face was priceless, some sort of shock with a smirk and a giggle added in.
It was very interesting and a few of us made some very deep, meaningful stuff. I wish I could dig it up, and I will someday and share it with you all. I know it's here somewhere in my mounds of papers.
Well I found this Blog (Goth-O-Matic Poetry Generator) and it reminds me so much of this method so I made my little version of my gothic poetry
death deserved
It was very interesting and a few of us made some very deep, meaningful stuff. I wish I could dig it up, and I will someday and share it with you all. I know it's here somewhere in my mounds of papers.
Well I found this Blog (Goth-O-Matic Poetry Generator) and it reminds me so much of this method so I made my little version of my gothic poetry
death deserved
what have you ruined?
a shadow of agony as sentiments crawl.
once we drank of heaven,
glad-hearted and wide-eyed,
but your thirst paled.
a furious throng of pain -
thoughts follow night, follow rain,
love consumed.
in a torrent of bitterness,
i reject you.
Awesome, isn't it? Try it out, there's also a link to some sort of Gothic Lyric Generator. Here is the link to the actual generator http://www.deadlounge.com/poetry/poems.html
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
How to watch Bleach when you can't get enough of it
I really don't remember how I started watching Bleach. Maybe if I keep typing I'll remember.
I have watched all the Bleach episodes I possibly could on YouTube. I hear they are starting to pull them down. I watched a few episodes to find out where to go to download episodes since I can't do it on YouTube anymore. I see that Dattebayo subs most of the Bleach episodes I have been watching and somehow I end up at this website, so I register at www.bleachportal.net Yes! Finally, I can download the episodes, but look at this, I need to download some sort of Bittorent reader. It starts to get complicating! But I figure it out and watch the last episode that was released in Japan (subbed in English of course)
Awesomeness! But damn I want to know what happens next.
It's all coming back to me. Besides being a geek and watching Bleach, I am also a gamer. For the past 2 1/2 years I have been playing World of Warcraft (That's a whole different blog right there) My guildmates first pointed me to Bleach, and in turn I have pointed Bleach to some guildies. Now we are a bunch of gaming, Bleach watching nerds. But that is beside the point.
One of my guildies watched every episode of Bleach and in turn started reading the Manga. Yes, that's a good idea! My oldest daughter told me about Manga a while ago. Her friend lets her borrow them. They are like comics, Japanese anime comics.
I searched bleachportal for the Manga, and the process wasn't that great for me. I had to download each "scanlated" (scanned and translated into english) page. Then open each file to read one page. If you use Windows, you can open the folder that contain these pages and change the view to thumbnails and just use your arrow keys to switch between them, of course maximize your window for a better view.
I downloaded a few chapters. I had to randomly download episodes, because the manga and the episodes don't exactly sync together. The episodes are compiled of a few manga chapters, so in turn there are not as many episodes as there is manga. The titles of the chapters do not help either, they are random titles with very deep mysterious hidden messages like "Strawberries of Death", or "Death of Strawberries", or "Of Strawberries and Death", or "Deathly Strawberries?", or "Rainbow Sunshine Ponies".
I find the corresponding episode and chapters, thanks to the help of a guildie, (thanks Dalimur) who tells me that it should be 100 more then the last episode. So if the episode is 113, look near chapter 213. And there I find some familiar looking chapters. After a few I get lazy and quit downloading.
Yesterday, I was playing with my sidekick and for the heck of it I Google bleach manga and I find a blogger (http://shc221b.blogspot.com) that actually translates and posts each manga chapter online, no downloading required! I could actually read it on the sidekick which was pretty cool. Unfortunately, you can't read everything, especially if they use the super tiny minuscule sized text. Which brings me to the conclusion that Danger, the makers of the sidekick, should put in some feature where you can zoom in on web pages, that would be sweet!
I had a few problems with the blog reading. Sometimes some of the images wouldn't load, or the images bandwith has exceeded its limit. Nothing YouTube can't fix. I found you can go to YouTube and watch the Manga! Scanlated pages made on a video. The quality is not the best, but its good enough. The background music is a plus.
So far I have read all the manga I could read. 120 episodes and 273 chapters later, I still need to find out what happens next. I guess all I can do now is wait.
I have watched all the Bleach episodes I possibly could on YouTube. I hear they are starting to pull them down. I watched a few episodes to find out where to go to download episodes since I can't do it on YouTube anymore. I see that Dattebayo subs most of the Bleach episodes I have been watching and somehow I end up at this website, so I register at www.bleachportal.net Yes! Finally, I can download the episodes, but look at this, I need to download some sort of Bittorent reader. It starts to get complicating! But I figure it out and watch the last episode that was released in Japan (subbed in English of course)
Awesomeness! But damn I want to know what happens next.
It's all coming back to me. Besides being a geek and watching Bleach, I am also a gamer. For the past 2 1/2 years I have been playing World of Warcraft (That's a whole different blog right there) My guildmates first pointed me to Bleach, and in turn I have pointed Bleach to some guildies. Now we are a bunch of gaming, Bleach watching nerds. But that is beside the point.
One of my guildies watched every episode of Bleach and in turn started reading the Manga. Yes, that's a good idea! My oldest daughter told me about Manga a while ago. Her friend lets her borrow them. They are like comics, Japanese anime comics.
I searched bleachportal for the Manga, and the process wasn't that great for me. I had to download each "scanlated" (scanned and translated into english) page. Then open each file to read one page. If you use Windows, you can open the folder that contain these pages and change the view to thumbnails and just use your arrow keys to switch between them, of course maximize your window for a better view.
I downloaded a few chapters. I had to randomly download episodes, because the manga and the episodes don't exactly sync together. The episodes are compiled of a few manga chapters, so in turn there are not as many episodes as there is manga. The titles of the chapters do not help either, they are random titles with very deep mysterious hidden messages like "Strawberries of Death", or "Death of Strawberries", or "Of Strawberries and Death", or "Deathly Strawberries?", or "Rainbow Sunshine Ponies".
I find the corresponding episode and chapters, thanks to the help of a guildie, (thanks Dalimur) who tells me that it should be 100 more then the last episode. So if the episode is 113, look near chapter 213. And there I find some familiar looking chapters. After a few I get lazy and quit downloading.
Yesterday, I was playing with my sidekick and for the heck of it I Google bleach manga and I find a blogger (http://shc221b.blogspot.com) that actually translates and posts each manga chapter online, no downloading required! I could actually read it on the sidekick which was pretty cool. Unfortunately, you can't read everything, especially if they use the super tiny minuscule sized text. Which brings me to the conclusion that Danger, the makers of the sidekick, should put in some feature where you can zoom in on web pages, that would be sweet!
I had a few problems with the blog reading. Sometimes some of the images wouldn't load, or the images bandwith has exceeded its limit. Nothing YouTube can't fix. I found you can go to YouTube and watch the Manga! Scanlated pages made on a video. The quality is not the best, but its good enough. The background music is a plus.
So far I have read all the manga I could read. 120 episodes and 273 chapters later, I still need to find out what happens next. I guess all I can do now is wait.
Monday, May 7, 2007
Cheese
The search for cereal is on!
...in case you're wondering, Ryan, this is Ember in the pantry digging for food
<3 jonette
<3 jonette
Sunday, May 6, 2007
The day before
It's always hard, the drive to the airport. Mixed emotions, especially from someone like me who seems to have no emotions at all. That is what I am dreading the most, the ride, the few last turns, the lines in the garage where you have to park to tell your loved one goodbye. It's all a reminder that the time has come.
And then watching someone walk away... It's always hard to see them walk away.
Tomorrow I am making that trip. I've made this trip a few times. But this time it is much harder. He's only going to be gone for 4 months. But this time it's different. The last time he left, it was for a year. It's not the amount of time that matters to me...and there's nothing I can do about it.
You see, tomorrow he is leaving because it is his job. Tomorrow he leaves for Iraq.
And then watching someone walk away... It's always hard to see them walk away.
Tomorrow I am making that trip. I've made this trip a few times. But this time it is much harder. He's only going to be gone for 4 months. But this time it's different. The last time he left, it was for a year. It's not the amount of time that matters to me...and there's nothing I can do about it.
You see, tomorrow he is leaving because it is his job. Tomorrow he leaves for Iraq.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Smoking in the garage
So here we are in the hot steamy smoke filled garage...
Here's my thought....we should quit...
btw, dont' tell me how to die!
Here's my thought....we should quit...
btw, dont' tell me how to die!
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