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LANjackal
Mechanical Engineer guy working in the tech industry. Texan, trying to rebuild my recession-battered career & find a gf. These are my stories :P
Cedric Gervais – Halfway Love - http://www.last.fm/music...
Crushing HARD on SA. Saw her tonight. OMG. We're supposed to go out on Monday. Hope to God she doesn't reschedule again. Jesus she's SOOOO HOT I'm going nuts
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Make no mistake though, your boy made a Plan B, the girl I was kicking it with for most of the day? We're *supposed* to be hanging out for NFL tomorrow. That's right, all those "let's just be friends" girls? They don't know the beast they just awoke.
- LANjackal
Awww, shit! lol
- nakachi
You excited? I am. I hope SA doesn't break my heart though. I can't even look at her FB profile because I don't wanna go crazy looking at her or wondering in the back of my mind who that other guy on her wall is ... dumb, I know, it doesn't make any sense ... but when you know those songs Donnell Jones and Ginuwine sing? They play in my head when I see her. "I'm so in loooooooove" hahahaa I'm an idiot
- LANjackal
I'm excited for you. Hope it works out and you don't get stuffed at the line of scrimmage, whatever that means. ;)
- nakachi
TD = the girl you really want. When your best game doesn't work on that, go for the field goal (a girl you KNOW you can get if you play your cards right). Every time you go out invariably you'll find one of the latter type. Your only concern after that is public image. If you don't wanna be seen there with her, get her number, then get back to work after what you really want. If that fails, call her as soon as you exit the bar. If you're lucky, she'll still be up and she'll let you come over.
- LANjackal
Word? Wow.
- nakachi
Good options for field goals: girls with an obvious source of insecurity that makes them feel *slightly* less desirable, but does NOT make them hideous (i.e. you'd still hit it). Examples are: slightly overweight, butterface, "ummm didn't your parents hear of braces when you were a kid?", brand new in town and don't really know anyone, RECENTLY DIVORCED (these are the best), "my hips...
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- LANjackal
Note on recently divorced: find out at what stage and pop the "is your ex-husband one of those psycho dudes?" question as a joke. She's not worth getting killed over. She's a FIELD GOAL. Not a TD. If she says "he still loves me" and it's recent, you wanna be GONE when it's done. I'm just trying to save your life, buddy. Word to the wise
- LANjackal
As a "recently divorced", THE FUCK YOU THINK THIS IS, SON????!!!
- nakachi
I'm 'bout to take my like back. This some bullshit.
- nakachi
LOL. You're too wise for those ploys. ma'am. Any woman who's intelligent enough to be on FF's not gonna fall for any of the above plays because she can see right through them (this is why some men are turned off by smart girls).
- LANjackal
Whatever. You get the side eye from now on.
- nakachi
Did you ever see Duplicity? Did you see the game Clive Owen ran on that professional-with-a-career-and-all chick in the bar? The one who always felt overlooked? All he did was shower her with attention and excitement. Done. That's what I'm talking about, pretty much.
- LANjackal
I still love you though *blows a kiss*
- LANjackal
Everyone wants attention at some point. The horny and sexually deprived most of all. I could dance for you so right you'd wear a hole in the front of your pants. Does that mean you have nothing more to offer? Does it mean you are no more than the sum of your sperm count because you want me? Should I hit it and quit it because you're insecure? Really? 'Cause women play that. Believe me. If you don't want it like that, you might wanna get outta that end of the pool.
- nakachi
It goes both ways, I know that. Keep watching here you'll notice more rejections than successes
- LANjackal
And I think I see why. Homey, this is not a football game. This is the dynamism of love, passion and sex for the fuck of it. People die and kill for this shit. Those of us who mean it, that is.
- nakachi
Ummm ... ok I don't know what you mean by that, but ... all of the above is trying for FUN, not relationships. I'd never approach a girl I wanted to date like that. Certainly didn't with SA. She got a nice FB message with a well worded invitation, serious texts and calls and FB chats, and so far has reciprocated. My approach is different depending on my intentions, which are always clear. Sure I want something serious, but I'm not gonna sit and not have any fun while I'm at it. I owe myself some enjoyment
- LANjackal
I guess I don't see the point in approaching someone you don't want to date. But, that's me.
- nakachi
Ha, datable is a subset of bangable as far as I'm concerned. Any girl who falls into the datable subset though gets the whole gentleman treatment and the gentleman treatment ONLY. That part isn't a game. Here's an example of what I mean: http://friendfeed.com/lanjack...
- LANjackal
from IM
Field goal: Find a girl who (obviously) *feels* she's a 7/10 or lower but it still doable. Be excited and happy. Make her feel like a 9-9.5/10. Take her to the dancefloor. Say "awww" when her feet hurt, sit her on your lap while she takes her heels off, etc.
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She is NOT gonna say no to you. And as the song says, "it's cool if you don't want to//but you's a FOOL if you don't want to". She knows it too. You're coming back to her place. Done deal.
- LANjackal
There are clearly more complications to the above that may make it somewhat harder as situations and personalities vary. But that's the basic idea
- LANjackal
You must be getting this out of a book.
- nakachi
Nope. That's me. Don't get me wrong I didn't say I was always sleeping with somebody. Clearly I'm alone tonight, lol. And other nights too. But when you get to run the above game play-by-play like you planned, it works. You just need to find the right girl. That's the hard part, it's hard to spot internal feelings from the outside. Which is why you start talking.
- LANjackal
So you're talking to her to find out her feelings so you can correctly categorize her? What category does that put you in?
- nakachi
That's what's up. A bitch can't be mad at honesty.
- nakachi
Hahaha I'm glad you're saying that and not me. I'd have to be dodging gunshots and smacks if I did lol
- LANjackal
PSA: This really IS my life. I'm not making this shit up. If I were, I'd come up with a better story in which I always got the girl instead talking about dodged calls, rejections, really BAD days/night/wknds, loneliness, depression, etc
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But what is it you want? A warm body or a whole person?
- nakachi
The latter. But it's not as if I haven't tried for a relationship. I'm just not the guy who gets the kind of girl I really want to date, and I don't compromise or get in relationships just for their own sake either. BUT I'm not gonna sit at home either ... I'm gonna have some fun while I'm looking
- LANjackal
Do you, boo.
- nakachi
:)
- LANjackal
Bone Crusher – Get Up On It - http://www.last.fm/music...
Donell Jones – I'm Gonna Be - http://www.last.fm/music...
Claire VanDerBoom – Do What U Want [Max Graham Afterhours in Montreal Mix] - http://www.last.fm/music...
Mario Winans – Crush On You - http://www.last.fm/music...
Ginuwine – I'm in Love - http://www.last.fm/music...
Saw a buddy kick a field goal tonight ... pretty much exactly what i did last night. And he's even better looking than me. I made the right call for sure. That's a hit and quit case though, not going back there again. Ever. Haha. Next.
"Kicking a field goal"...Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
- nakachi
LOL that's what you do when it's 4th and 15 and your best trick play just got stuffed at the line of scrimmage, hahaha
- LANjackal
If you can't get the TD no need to go back to the locker room with 0. PUT SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD MOTHERF-
- LANjackal
I don't get why every girl I go after gets the impression that she's the only girl I know or some shit. YOU'RE NOT. You strand me, I'll find someone else to hang out with. You play games, I fuck someone else. I can play hard too. Get it.
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The gloves are off. No more Mr. Nice. He's on vacation. Permanently. They're dropping him off at the river now
- LANjackal
Relationships are my difficulty. Action isn't.
- LANjackal
how old are you?
- ffcode
Why do you ask?
- LANjackal
just curious, in 20's or 30's???
- ffcode
20s
- LANjackal
there must be something within you that give them this impression, maybe you try hard to get them
- ffcode
well it would be answered better when girls/women come online i myself don't have much experience
- ffcode
I don't know dude, I go hard or I take it easy ... things just don't work out for me in the relationship department generally speaking. Not for lack of trying either. I'm just Mr. Hookup I guess. Corvettes weren't built to tow boats. I am what I am.
- LANjackal
"Corvettes weren't built to tow boats." <-- My next tattoo.
- Christopher Harley
Glad you like it. Hey I'm honest. I suck at some things. I can admit it.
- LANjackal
My Droid experience thread
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Physical Keyboard: I don't know what reviewers were complaining about, this is actually pretty damn good. The only part that's not so great is the optional protective hard shell makes the top row of keys a bit hard to press because it consumes the "overflow" space that your fingers would normally have
- LANjackal
from IM
The only major niggle I have with the Droid is that so far I can't figure out how to make it vibrate to notify me of incoming SMS when the handset is locked and the ring volume is silenced. If I don't figure that out I'm gonna miss a LOT of text messages at work, which is not good :/
- LANjackal
from IM
All charged up! Despair's (my Droid's Bluetooth name) first night on the town. He's already texted one girl and called another from his Contacts, which is fully integrated with my Facebook account (profile, pics, email addresses, phone numbers). This last part is absolutely amazing. Wish us well, I'll tell you more tomorrow when we embark on a 16h bar crawl (no joke)
- LANjackal
WOW. I have never set a custom ringtone this easily in my life. 1)Drag and drop song into phone from Windows Explorer (where it shows up as removable disk). 2)Go to Music App, which automagically finds ALL songs on the phone, regardless of location 3)Select track 4)Select "Set as ringtone". DONE. A-mazing, especially for a Verizon device (walled garden anyone?)
- LANjackal
"...especially for a Verizon device (walled garden anyone?)" They would had to have fucked with normal Android functionality. Have you tried, "Ringdroid," I think it's called? -- for editing audio on the handset. Perhaps there's something better now.
- Christopher A Carr
*WANT*!
- Travis Koger
Good hardware, presently. I would flash a fancier ROM.
- Christopher A Carr
I'm not going to throw down money until there is a 1 GhZ device. Soon. In 1/2 years, people who have this phone are going to feel silly.
- Christopher A Carr
... or we'll just get a new one? Handsets are salable dude.
- LANjackal
Speed: (because Chris Carr brought it up). The Droid is plenty fast. Speed is not an issue.
- LANjackal
Battery Life: Very good, but I'd bring my charger if I were going out of town for a weekend (I always do that anyway, so I don't consider than an issue)
- LANjackal
Browser: Faaaast. I don't miss the pinch multitouch capability reviewers have been bemoaning the lack of, since the high resolution means that 95% of pages are readable as is in the first place, and there's a handy zoom-in/zoom-out icon that pops up at the lower right of the screen
- LANjackal
UNPLEASANT SURPRISE: That charging cable that you think is a mini-USB cable? It's NOT. I don't WTF the port on the side of the Droid is, but it won't accept any other cable than the one that shipped with the device. Disappointing, but not a dealbreaker IMO
- LANjackal
Fancier ROM idea: If you wanna go for it, sure. However, my phone is one of those device (like my car) that I expect to just WORK, 100% of the time. Don't wanna risk bricking it, but if you wanna do that go right ahead.
- LANjackal
Contact management: This is simply the best implementation thereof you will ever come across, not only on phones but on ANY device. Full syncing of Google Contacts and your Facebook friends (all relevant fields, even job titles and pics from Facebook profiles), automatic duplicate entry handling, with search, email ... you name it. This is one thing the Droid beats everything else at. No competition.
- LANjackal
Camera: It's not the best, but it'll do. Besides, cameras like those are merciful to those who aren't naturally photogenic like me.
- LANjackal
Audio quality: Angelic. I know this sounds like an overstatement, but wait till you hear it. The audio on this device is just stunning. Everything else you've ever heard will sound like static afterwards in comparison
- LANjackal
Does it use a regular audio connector, or a custom one like the older Android phones?
- Glen Campbell
from iPod
Visual Voicemail is great, but if you have an active Wi-Fi connection it won't be able to sync. Which it tells you nicely. Perhaps Google Voice fixes that problem. Beginning to wish I had a GV account now. Oh well. Invite, anyone?
- LANjackal
I still can't get over the monthly fee for visual voicemail. Sigh.
- Glen Campbell
VZW has the weird setup where feature prices vary BOTH by plan AND phone. For example, VZ Navigator is free on some phones but paid on others. I *think* Visual Voicemail's included with the data plan when you get a Droid
- LANjackal
More on battery life: Charging takes a while (1.5h from 50% to full). Definitely enough for overnight, but people who rely on fast charge times will be in for a surprise. I'm really anal about charging, so I don't find this an issue. Less "responsible" users (read: college girls) whose phones are permanently "about to die" will run into trouble :P
- LANjackal
Hmmm, not true mini-USB, slight disappointment. How loud are the ringtones and the call itself? Do you think the phone will feel weird with an extended battery? Do you experience any lag that has been reported in apps? Can't wait to have in hand next week!
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Lan: You want a GV invite? Think I still have one or tww. How do you like Stanford pounding the shit out of Oregon? Wow.
- Christopher A Carr
Why do you say it's not true mini-USB? That contradicts what I've been told by a Googler who's been using the phone since August.
- Glen Campbell
Lag: bear in mind that you're dealing with a mini-computer that happens to be able to make calls, not a phone in the traditional sense. As with a PC, the more apps you run, the more lag you may notice (1 -2s sometimes, "missed" touches). In normal operation with mission critical apps though, there is no lag. I'd STRONGLY suggest Taskiller though, as the OS never seems to really kill...
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- LANjackal
from IM
Battery Life Report: During a drinking marathon today filled with heavy use of web browsing, FB app friend adding, taking (and uploading) pics, texting, email checking, calling, hopping on and off free Wi-Fi, etc. the Droid lasted *drumroooooooollllll* 11 HOURS. Terrible for a phone, but pretty good for what's essentially a pocket computer. Word to the wise: the car charging kit? Get it. An extra USB cable for charging at work is a pretty good call too
- LANjackal
Promises to Keep: Candidate Obama vs. President Obama - http://www.foxnews.com/politic...
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"Pledge: "We need comprehensive reform ... We have to require that undocumented workers, who are provided a pathway to citizenship, not only learn English, pay back taxes and pay a significant fine, but also that they're going to the back of the line, so that they are not getting citizenship before those who have applied legally." -- Obama, during a Feb. 21, 2008, debate in Austin Verdict: Not Yet Addressed. With health care reform, two wars and other major issues on his plate, Obama has conceded he's not getting to immigration reform this year. But during a trip to Mexico in August, the president stressed that he still wants to pursue a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. He said he expected some movement on the issue before the end of the year but nothing concrete until 2010."
- LANjackal
from Bookmarklet
Announcing the retirement of my Canon SD1100 IS. The Droid is my new party camera, one less gadget to tote around when I'm out :)
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The epitome of what is wrong with open source. Just take a look at this. - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
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Dear God.
- LANjackal
from Bookmarklet
Jim Jones – Headlights - http://www.last.fm/music...
DJ Webstar – Dancing on Me [Remix] - http://www.last.fm/music...
Lil Wayne – Winding On Me - http://www.last.fm/music...
@klept0 http://twitpic.com/omcr1 - Go jump dude we won't tell anybody :P
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Yeah I went for something "easier" last night. Might as well kick a field goal and get some points on the board. Next scoring drive starts ... today of course :)
@IMN_ <3 the droid. it's with VZW, Motorola makes it. The hype is it's awesome. See here http://digs.by/j84
I guess I forgot how awful latex smells :X lol. Total turn off. Just got back home, lol
Does anyone know how to get upload full-size pics into Facebook via the Android app instead of the itty bitty ones? No obvious setting I can find. Thanks! (UPDATE: FIXED)
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"The largest dimension should be at most 604 pixels (the largest display size Facebook supports)" -- http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index... You can use Pixelpipe to upload to both SmugMug, etc. (for the original) and Facebook at the same time.
- Tracy
PROBLEM SOLVED: The answer to this is to simply take the pictures directly in the Android 2.0 camera and upload to Facebook from there. Do NOT use the Facebook for Android app itself.
- LANjackal
Recommend me some good Android-related blogs. Ready? GO!
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TIA
- LANjackal
I don't know about blog, but there's a StackOverflow-esque Q&A site for just Android here: http://www.forceclose.com/
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
Let me know if you find any more, but above are the ones I have in Google Reader ...
- Kevin Mohr
oh, of course... http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
- Tim Hoeck
Here is a twitter-list about android: http://twitter.com/marking... would you help me to let it grow? send a recommendation to @markingegno or leave it here. Thanks.
- Markingegno - Donato
Thanks for all of the above, I subscribed to quite a few. Big shoutout to Kevin Mohr who's been stumping for Android since I first saw him online
- LANjackal
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