tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90388308754844028482011-04-21T11:33:08.335-07:00Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-88174451532481235572009-05-01T21:32:00.000-07:002009-05-01T21:37:26.898-07:00Remember when you had to buy a CD to listen to a song? Or when you had to be at home or in front of a TV at a specific time to be able to enjoy your favorite show? Or when you had to be at home to get a phone call from a friend you haven't seen in ages?<br /><br />Now everything is within reach 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Everyone you've ever met, given a shit about, not given a shit about, loathed, or even had a passing thought about is within reach instantly through Twitter, Faceebook, Text, IM, Myspace, whatever. Every tv show, every song, and every film is available to download to any device with internet access or a USB cord, and you dont even have to go to the theatre to see it, you can just torrent it and watch it at home by yourself at 3 in the morning while you sob about having no life.<br /><br />Of course, all of this is ludicrously convient and very very useful, and honestly as a proponent of new media and an avid downloader of everything under the sun, I really shouldn't even discuss it. But I miss the presence things used to have. A phone call was the primary form of communication, and it had a certain warmth. I own a top of the line cellphone, and I believe I have made a total of 20 calls on it so far, seeing them as an inconvenience to my gogogo lifestyle that is "much more suited for texting or Twitter". I have friends who's voices I haven't heard in a year, but often text. I see more movies On Demand or on my laptop than I do in theatres.<br /><br />What I'm getting at, is instead of seeing these kindof things as events, be it phone call, communique, television program, film, etc, is , we tend to view them as background activities. Things not requiring real attention, or value, or "giveashit". We as a society have moved towards convenience versus value. Everything used to have at least some semblance of presence. A record, a VHS, a friend's face, but now its just a file, or pixels on a screen.<br /><br />And that's terrible.<br /><br />When everything is placed in the background it doesn't get anywhere near the respect it did when it had that presence. Nelson Mandela is just a guy in a room if nobody's listening to him talk. I fondly look back at my childhood and think about how much I valued the VHS tapes I'd bring home from the store, I'd lovingly take care of them and keep their boxes in pristine shape. Because after all, that wasn't a bit of tape inside of plastic, that was the damned Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and how dare some punk kid like me allow them to come to harm? But now it all seems to just be so many MBs of memory. It lacks the feeling, the depth.<br /><br />You tend to value something more when you can actually put your hands on it.<br /><br />I guess time's change though. But I'm not sure I like the way this change took us.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><b>Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-8817445153248123557?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-66720126813681641832009-03-25T00:35:00.000-07:002009-03-25T01:34:24.203-07:00My birthday is in about 5 days. I'm going to list random crap I'd like for my birthday here, so I can send people to a link in case they ask. Because I can never remember what I'd like to get. So. Here. Bold means BUY THIS SHIT FOR SERIOUS.<br /><br />T-shirts. Size L / XL<br /><a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/product.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302038663&amp;PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442195873&amp;bmUID=1237966596403">Tupac Shakur </a><br /><a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/product.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302038663&amp;PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442190288&amp;bmUID=1237966596627">Ice Cube </a><br /><br />DVDs<br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">The X-Files Series</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Firefly</span></li><li>American Psycho</li><li>Saw 4</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">There Will Be Blood</span></li></ul><br />Crap nobody will buy me :<br /><ul><li>Nintendo DS</li><li>XBox 360</li></ul><br />Furnishings<br /><ul><li>Pots and pans, good quality.</li><li>Knives</li><li>Red towels</li><li>Spices, whole, not ground<br /></li><li>Expensive vinegar</li></ul><br />Food<br /><ul><li>Babybel cheese</li><li>Turtle Chex Mix</li><li>6 packs of Shiner</li><li>Count Chocula</li></ul><br /><br /><br />Cigars<br /><ul><li>CAO LX2</li><li>JFR</li><li>San Cristobel</li><li>Ashton VSG (Virgin Sun Grown)</li><li>Arturo Fuente (Pretty much anything)</li><li>NUB Connecticut </li></ul><br />Comics / Toys<br /><br /><ul><li>Sandman (Any of the trade paperbacks)</li><li>Absolute Sandman Volume 1</li><li style="font-weight: bold;">Absolute Watchmen</li><li>Any Frankenstein toys / statues</li><li style="font-weight: bold;">Hellboy Talking Board (Ouija Board)</li><li>Hellboy Coasters</li><li style="font-weight: bold;">Wormwood Gentleman Corpse Pint Glasses</li></ul><br /><br />Books<br /><br /><ul><li>The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman</li><li>Good Omens, Neil Gaiman / Terry Pratchett</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Any Alton Brown Books / Cook Books</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Freakonomics<br /></span></li></ul><br /><br />Etc.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i><b><br /><br />Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-6672012681368164183?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-69982000275929453102009-01-26T14:58:00.000-08:002009-01-26T15:05:38.378-08:00Well, January has thus far proven to be mostly a bust. I've kindof stagnated, and haven't really moved forward at all. It to an extent feels like I'm just "going through the motions" of a regular life. Of course I have a good life, but it's not really "going anywhere". I'm making less money now, as my desire to move forward grows, so I am subsequently unable to do said moving forward. It unfortunately looks as if I'm going to need to be getting another job in the coming months if I intend to move forward with my current plans, which at the moment seems to be concerned with getting a single-wide trailer, building credit, and having my own living space. My current psuedo-plight is mostly related to the fact that I don't have my own space. I need to get more money, and move forward.<br /><br />In other news, Twitter seems to be becoming mofe popular amongst second or third wave adopters, and a lot of people I know have been getting it, which is a mixed blessing because of the fact that yes, its nice to have the system be more valuable, but it also exposes the fact that Twitter needs to get grouped messaging in order to slightly privatize the whole process, while allowing the open user interaction that has been the hallmark of the project thus far.<br /><br />I'm talking out my ass right now, but thats okay, I just felt like expressing myself.<br /><br /><i><b>Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-6998200027592945310?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-36187336043357275542009-01-09T00:43:00.001-08:002009-01-09T01:38:39.257-08:00Tomorrow, or more appropriately I suppose, today, is my day off.<br />I don't know what I will do with said time, but its going to be a good day.<br /><br />Most likely, I'll spend a fair bit of my day working on a design for Dean Toland (@realjamesdean on twitter) and his soon to be existent tech consultation business. It'll be nice to do some graphic design work again, and it'll be even nicer, to be compensated for it. The last time I did any graphic design work, it was from the goodness of my heart, and the design was lauded, then butchered and I didn't even recieve a copy of the final product as payment. No names, but my eyes are being cast towards a certain high school's Student Council.<br /><br />I'm doing my usual thing, which is sitting in bed too wired from waking up too late, whilst Madelaine sleeps and I watch the cats fight, all the while Stumbling, Wikipedia-ing, and reading blogs. Also, Twitter. Goddamn do I love Twitter. Anyway, but the current time-waste objective is looking up films I'd like to watch. Upcoming, old, recent, obscure, mainstream.<br /><br />For Christmas, I recieved a 750 gig hard-drive, so that will be the home of a lot of those films in the near future.<br /><br />In other news, through a series of comical and interesting stretching techniques I have safely and slowly stretched my ears past a half inch and am now comfortably sitting at 5/8" (16mm).<br /><br />Madelaine has decided to undertake her first act of body-modification and stretch her earlobes as well. Its cute and I look forward to picking out jewelery with her in the near future for her next stretch, and mine as well.<br /><br />Work has as of late, been a bit surreal. Its like I'm not so much working as going to hang out and roll burritos. Which is good. If I think about it like that and still manage to work hard, I think I 'll be able to fully enjoy work quite a bit more than I have previously. But, unfortunately we are slowing down quite a bit, and as such the incredibly large staff is having to more or less share hours. Its beginning to grate on some people. I don't count myself among them because honestly, when labor costs are the concern, the squeaky wheel doesn't get the oil, it gets changed and a less squeaky wheel gets put in its place. I fully expect some cut-backs on hours, and eventually, potentially a cut-back in the amount of staffed workers at all. Hopefully if that happens, I won't get the axe. Time will tell, I suppose.<br /><br />Hmm. Its about 4 am which means I need to get some sleep. Good night, all. Tweet me in the morning.<br /><br />:)<br /><i><b><br />Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-3618733604335727554?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-46647004594327299272009-01-05T08:38:00.000-08:002009-01-05T10:00:22.805-08:00So, its 2009. Another year's gone, and here comes the new one. This one promises a lot in the grand scale, whether it can live up to its hype or not is another question, but we can always hope. This year the theme seems to be shaping up to be "Change." (Thanks, Obama!) On a world level I hope that's possible, and on a personal level I hope so as well. 2008 started out shaky but ended up being a pretty good year for me all things considered, I moved forward in life, I now have a wonderful girlfriend who makes my life a lot better and easier and loves me honestly, as well as getting a pretty sweet gig with Freebirds. I'm hoping to keep the trend of good things happening to me rolling onward this year. Here are my New Years Resolutions. I fully intend on following them, and I take these very seriously.<br /><br /><ol><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Write more</span>. Be it blog posts, be it story ideas, be it actual written pieces, I haven't written too much since roughly 2006, and I'd like to change that, I miss it.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Draw every day.</span> I love to draw, and I need to refine my process, which means daily practice would definitely be a good thing. Drawing is a good way to relax, and it makes me happy, so, I should do it more often.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Save Money.</span> I indulge my vices quite a bit monetarily, and that's good and all, but it'd be nice to have some "reserve money". Especially considering I intend on getting a place of my own within the coming year, which brings me to 4.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Get an apartment. </span>My current living situation is good, but it doesn't afford me a sense of ownership over the area around me. No matter how you slice it, I'm a guest in this house and as such I don't have complete freedom nor complete control over what and who surrounds me. I'd like to be able to have a place of my own sometime this year. Be it with Madelaine, Bilal, Craig, Batman, or just by myself.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Start my tattoos.</span> I fully intend on using tattoos to claim my body and make it a vessel I am fully comfortable travelling in. I believe there is a power in taking control of your body through marking, piercing, and stretching. And as someone who has never fully been comfortable with his appearance, having complete control over it, is empowering.<br /> </li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Spiritual and philosophical growth.</span> Not in the traditional "Find Jesus" regards, but more in the realm of expanding my understanding of the world, the human mind, the human condition, good, evil, death, love, hate, passion, fear, and so forth.<br /> </li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Get more accomplished.</span> Wake up earlier, go to bed earlier, have more time for the people in my life, see my friends more often, be more prolific, and just generally, do more than work.<br /> </li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Take a vacation.</span> I haven't travelled in a few years, and I'd love to go somewhere just for the fun of it, and to just be able to relax and take a load off. Hopefully this year, I'll be able to make that happen, due to my increased cash flow.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eat healthier.</span> I have a tendancy to avoid "healthy" things, because in general, things that are worse for me, seem to taste better, but I'm going to attempt to eat a healthier diet. Less starchy unhealthy foods, more fruits, vegetables, and organic products. I could stand to lose some weight, and I know I'd just feel better in general.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Make 2009 the best possible year it can be.</span> This sounds a little cliche, but I have a bad habit of making my world rather unpleasant. I tend to push my friends away and then feel bad that I don't have friends, I tend to not go do things with anyone for a laundry list of stupid reasons, I tend to ignore phone calls, and so forth. I just need to make sure that I allow myself to be open to the possibilities around me. That's going to make 2009 a better year I think. I also need to get my stupid foot checked out, and uhm, get a haircut. I'd also like to be less down on myself, and respect myself and my talents more. No more talking bad about myself and feeling ugly and useless. Basically, I just want 2009 to be pleasant. Which it should be, considering I have a fantastic girlfriend, wonderful friends, and a loving family. I just need to open up to all of the above, and things should stay good, and get better in the New Year.</li></ol> I'd also like to find some magical portal to break into the comic book industry. But thats unlikely.<br /><br /><i><b>Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-4664700459432729927?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-43449604666939282432008-12-04T16:10:00.000-08:002008-12-04T16:27:12.943-08:00<script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Its December now. I haven't written in this journal since before Halloween. Which is kindof funny seeing as I've actually WRITTEN some story outlines and stuff like that, but I havent been able to find the time to write here.<br /><br />Hell, I haven't been able to find the time to do just about anything.<br /><br />I work. All the time. Not even a lot of hours anymore really, just...everyday. And I'm in near constant pain while doing so. My ankle is debilitating at this point and it gets worse with each passing day. I suppose I need to go see a doctor about that in the near future, but I keep putting it off because I haven't had a single week-day off since probably September.<br /><br />Everything is a bit of a blur now. Life is moving so quickly, the days are just flowing away, and there is never enough time to do anything, get anything accomplished, or do anything but work. Its about to be Christmas, and I havent bought anyone anything yet, I suppose thats okay because I've got 20 some odd days to get that accomplished, but, still. December used to feel so long, waiting and enjoying every day, moving towards Christmas, and now it just feels like Christmas is going to be just another day, albeit one I probably won't have to work.<br /><br />Growing up kindof sucks. Hard.<br /><br />I'm going to start looking for apartments and I intend to get one in early March, I think.<br /><br />Thats going to be interesting. Bills.<br /><br />Ew.<br /><br />Lately I've been feeling a little down. Well occasionally...VERY down. I just kindof feel like I'm squandering my supposed gifts by not doing a damned thing with them. I also feel the societal pressure to go back to school even though I don't honestly have a drop of desire to do so. I'd love to learn a bit more, but I really don't want to spend all my money going to school and then have a degree in something that I don't really love. I suppose I could do both by going to school for art, but those are the kindof degrees that are completely and utterly useless in the real world, but if you want to own a comic shop and do graphic design, I suppose those are the kindof degrees you'd need. Perhaps a rudimentary business degree? I just feel like I've let myself, and everyone around me down by not going to school. When I tell people I'm working, they just usually make "Ah" noises and then trail off and ask when I'm going to go to school. I don't know.<br /><br />I just don't know what I want to do right now. Grumble.<br /><br />I'm going to totter off and read some comic books, as I always do when I intend to write about my feelings or state of being.<br /><br />Next time you see me, give me a big hug, eh?<br /><i><b><br />Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-4344960466693928243?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-38690432732932057142008-10-21T14:46:00.000-07:002008-10-21T15:05:48.995-07:00Work, is hard. I've begun to work a full time, and then some, schedule. I have thus far worked over 40 hours every week since we've opened. We're at week 4. The work is usually stressful, but good co-workers and wonderful, caring managers makes it a pleasure. Over the next month, they're going to begin to screen and interview potential shift leaders. The position would involve a pay-raise and would be a wrung up the managerial ladder. I'm excited, and I hope I could potentially handle the responsibility.<br /><br />Outside of work, I dont have a tremendous amount of free-time which in to really do too much, I have a couple evenings a week free, Saturdays during the day, and usually Sunday completely off. So if you'd like to get together, contact me, and I'll see if we can set something up.<br /><br />I've been watching a lot of movies. Both in theatres, and on DVD. I've bought a shit-ton of horror films in the last few weeks. I've been on a bit of a Hannibal Lecter kick, heh. In theatres, however, most recently I've seen "Religulous", which was hilarious, and at turns depressing, and "W." which was depressing, and at turns hilarious. I'd recommend seeing both. Religulous not so much if youre in the Bible-Belt camp. But not too many people reading this are. W was a really poignant and even-handed film, and it was fantastic. Go see them both. They're both playing at AMC, I know for a fact.<br /><br />Bleh. I don't really have much to talk about seeing as not too much has happened, save that I've been working a 45 hour work week. So. I suppose I'm out.<br /><i><b><br /><br /><br />Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-3869043273293205714?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-72608730938313937062008-09-23T00:04:00.000-07:002008-09-23T00:08:07.826-07:00Today I made a burrito for a man with no arm.<br /><br />That might sound funny.<br /><br />But its not.<br /><br />He was such a nice man, he was really generous. He had a huge smile on his face the entire time I was making his burrito. His wife helped him with his wallet, and when they were eating, she helped him and made sure he could eat it.<br /><br /><br />I was struck with an overwhelming feeling of sadness at the fact that such a nice man was struck with something so devastating, but then I realized that though he had a disability, he also had a lot of love in his life. His wife was there for him and she loved him.<br /><br />Also, he had a bitchin' burrito.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><i><b>Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-7260873093831393706?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-57822748825157099372008-09-20T22:17:00.000-07:002008-09-20T22:31:46.811-07:00My body hurts.<i><b><br /><br /></b></i>I stay up too late, and I wake up too early. My shoes don't fit right. Work is hard.<br /><br />I love rolling burritos, and the customer service interaction that goes along with it. The grill, I am not so crazy about. Scrubbing, de-greasing, scrubbing some more, de-greasing some more, then getting tasked around like crazy, not a huge fan of. But, it comes with the territory I guess, lets just hope I don't work the grill too often, at least not at night. Allow me to specify, CLOSING the grill, I do not enjoy, cooking the meat, I do. But, still. I've worked about 30 hours this week thus far. Working quite a few more tomorrow. I like work, and I like hard work. But, work is very very tiring.<br /><br />I'm pretty exhausted, but I've got a good support structure, and I'm really really thankful for Maddie, someone that cares that much, pushing me and making sure I do my best.<br /><br />Bleh. this blog post was more or less pointless, but tweeting at this hour is kindof inappropriate.<br /><i><b><br /><br /><br /><br />Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-5782274882515709937?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-38174134305313815252008-09-10T01:21:00.001-07:002008-09-10T01:36:32.929-07:00<i><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></i>3:20 am.<i><b><br /></b></i><br />Its usually around this time that I decide it would be a good idea to retreat to the fortress of solitude that is my room for some sortof retro entertainment and staring at the ceiling until I fall asleep, but tonight I'm keeping myself occupied with the greatest man alive.<br /><br />Tom Waits.<i><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span></b></i>I was unfortunately not able to secure tickets to his tour this year, which was quite terrible because I love him so much and I was pretty infuriated when the date for Dallas came and went and I was unable to go.<br /><br />But NPR did something wonderful, in the nature of so many of the bootlegged Tom Waits concerts on my computer, they broadcast the final day of the American leg, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92916923">and they put it online.</a><br /><br />So I stumbled onto that tonight and have been listening to it, and its fantastic.<i><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></b></i><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b> I'm currently listening to a very charming rendition of Chocolate Jesus. So that, and lemonade are keeping me occupied at the moment. And I'm happy with that.<i><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></b></i><br />But in other news, that most of you are already aware of , but I recently came into employment. After a lengthy and unpleasant period of unemployment (not so much socially unpleasant, as financially unpleasant) I came to be employed by Freebirds World Burrito. It looks to be a fantastic job, and not to mention that its Freebirds, so theres fantastic burritos to look forward to.<i><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></b></i><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b>If its as much fun as it seems to be, I'll be in heaven. BURRITO HEAVEN. I feel like drastically less of a failure now that I have some form of employment. If you read my last entry you saw how miserably depressed and melodramatic I was being about the sorry ship of sorrow I'd put myself in charge of. But, new leaf, consider yourself turned over. I have a job!<i><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span></b></i>Also, there was a fantastic program on FOX tonight. Fringe. It looks to be a sortof X-Files homage, but none the less, it seems to be pretty great. I'm excited for it. This, House, and the eventual wonderfull-ness that will be Dollhouse are looking to re-establish FOX as a true powerhouse in the prime-time lineup. Now if they could just get the Simpsons back on track, eh? Meh. I'm going to stop rambling and get back to my Tom Waits.<br /><br />Goodnight, Internet.<i><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><br />Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-3817413430531381525?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-89210806149702982882008-09-04T01:50:00.000-07:002008-09-04T02:00:27.140-07:00Its officially September and it has been for a few days. For the unenlightened about my life, this officially means that I'm a grown up. High school is completely over, and the last summer of that period of my life has come and passed. Everyone is back in school, High School, University, etc. And ... I'm not.<i><b><br /><br /></b></i>I wasted my “gifts” (read: abilities) in high school. I feel absolutely horrible looking back at my high school career. I wasted away in laziness and boredom instead of going the extra mile to do the work that was well within my grasp to do well on. I feel like I’ve really shot myself in the foot when it comes to college. That, was a huge mistake on my part. I just kind of laugh it off and just jovially scoff about the fact that I’m “taking a semester off”, but in truth, I messed up, bad, during my junior and senior year by not registering to take a simple test like the SAT and therefore wasn’t <span style="font-style: italic;">ABLE</span> to apply to colleges. My grades are decent enough to get into a tolerable school to do undergraduate work, but in truth, I know I should already be in college, and already working towards my goals. Not wasting away reading comic books and watching old cartoons I have on VHS. But its too late at this point to change the wrong I’ve done. I’ve just got to focus on getting what I need to get accomplished, accomplished. I do however feel that the awareness that the mistakes I made were just that, is a step forward into maturity, albeit one I really wish I had taken a while back. But, onward and forward. No use in lamenting about the past, right?<br /><br />Realizing that it doesn't help to think negatively about your current situation doesn't make it any easier to stop it. I'm still hopelessly unemployed, with the one job prospect I had going for me apparently completely dashed away because I failed the god-damned screener test because I "over-thought" it. I have a great social life, but that doesn't really cut the mustard when it comes to a life, does it? I love the people around me, and what I spend my time doing, but I have a void.<br /><br />I have a void in my life, with nothing to fill my days but malaise and self-loathing at a failed high school career, coupled with my failed art ambitions, and my failed, everything.<br /><br />Spending all day sleeping and waiting till the high schoolers get out of class so I'll have something to do, has really gotten me in a tremendously bad funk, and I think I've begun to hate myself.<br /><br />Which is horrible, because I'm fantastic.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sigh.</span><br /><br />I really need to get back out there and hit the ground running on a renewed job search, because otherwise, I'm going to lose my mind before January.<br /><br />If you have any help to offer in finding a job, it's much appreciated, though I doubt much good will come from blogging about my problems at 4 in the morning.<br /><i><b><br />Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-8921080614970298288?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-11356295500897453892008-08-29T00:17:00.000-07:002008-08-29T00:49:38.234-07:00You know what I love the most about Madelaine? Besides the fact that shes beautiful, and brilliant? She totally, completely, accepts me for who I am. Now of course, The Blonde One will tell you I'm a terribly mean spirited brigand who exists solely to change people and force them away from their wonderful drug dealer friends and attempts to "change" everyone around me to suit my liking, but that's pretty far from the truth and the people who aren't retarded amongst my friends have long since realized that for what it is, rejected angsty bullshit.<br /><br />In truth, I'm a loveable geeky socialist intellectual nerd.<br /><br />A currently un-employed geeky, socialist, intellectual nerd, but one none-the-less.<br /><br />As I spend more time with Maddie I rediscover facets of myself I've let go, or forced out of my life because of The Blonde One. I'm allowed to be friends with whoever I want, allowed to like whatever I want, and spend my time doing whatever suits my fancy. And since I am who I am, a lot of that fancy is spent online, watching cartoons, and reading comic books. And guess what, Maddie loves me for it. I'm not persecuted for liking Star Wars, or staying up all night reading blogs and Twittering away about my political views and told that it doesn't matter who take the white house, and nor does it matter who Iron Man is fighting this week. ALL OF THIS IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.<br /><br />Of course in retrospect I probably should've extended some of that same brand of acceptance towards The Blonde One. But...complete and total apathy, and drugs are fucking disgusting, and politics aren't. Well. Politics are, but just...in a different way. I don't really in retrospect feel bad about it because in truth, she and I were completely mismatched from the start, sharing a similar taste in music and liking to eat the same kindof pizza hardly make for a sturdy relationship. The kindof relationship I have with Maddie is built on a very mutual respect, and admiration of, and understanding of, if not an enjoyment of one another's passions and hobbies.<br /><br />Its refreshing and wonderful. Well, Madelaine in general, is refreshing and wonderful.<br /><br />Tonight for instance, sick as a dog, Madelaine and I watched Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC08. And it was beautiful, the speech, and the fact that I was watching it with someone who actually understood what he was saying, and understood the political machine we were witnessing. Madelaine is a great woman, and I'm lucky to have her.<br /><br />She loves me for all my geeky-bullshit. :]<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.corpsman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/m_sargent.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.corpsman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/m_sargent.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>For instance, right now I'm watching Revision3's "Internet Superstar", hosted by Martin Sargent.A childhood hero of mine, the man who introduced me to some truly strange and wonderful things, not to mention the dark side of the internet haha. And Digg. I'm now addicted to Digg, and Twitter, and Revision3, and fuck, Social Media. I'm completely and totally addicted to social media. I have an account on just about every web 2.0 social media service, Flickr, Digg, Delicious, Twitter, Rev3, Facebook, Myspace, Pownce, Plurk, EVERYTHING.<br /><br />Also coming into a huge resurgence in my life, Star Wars. And comic books. While I was with the odious trow, I was discouraged from embracing that which is at the very core of my being, that being, a huge obsession with Comic books and Star Wars. Madelaine bought me a Chewbacca action figure. That, was the moment I knew she was the absolute, one hundred percent, perfect woman. Forgoing all other judgment and previous assessments that pointed to that, I KNEW she was perfect, when she gave me a Vinyl Star Wars action figure. I read comic books and she's not only cool with that, she embraces it, offering to go to Comic-Con with me, and so forth. Helped in no small part by her Aunt Julie who is completely obsessed with old-school comics and is a previous owner of Lone Star Comics. The nerd-dom is back. And better than ever. Haha. I've got free reign to be as geeky, and nerdy as I want, and I get to be that nerdy, with a beautiful girl at my side.<br /><br />Life is perfect.<br /><br />Now to get a job.<br /><i><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><br /></span></span>Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-1135629550089745389?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-1226554635623019852008-08-20T01:26:00.001-07:002008-08-20T01:41:10.577-07:00Its like 3:30 in the morning and I'm wasting my awareness on Twitter and the Quake soundtrack Trent Reznor produced.<br /><br />This week is going to be a busy one. And yes, I can pretend week's start on Wednesday.<br /><br />Wednesday will be filled with....well...something, I'm going to fill it with something. Shopping maybe?<br /><br />Thursday is Madelaine's grandparents vow renewal. So I'll be her escort to that. And then that night she's staying over so that she can take my mother in to her Doctor's appointment on Friday morning. So. Yeah.<br /><br />Friday will be the busiest day though, because we've got to be in Dallas by like 9am, and then I have to be at the Motorhead / Judas Priest / Heaven or Hell concert by like 5:30pm. That wouldn't in theory be difficult to do, but the way my life works, heh, I'm going to be cutting in close.<br /><br />In other non-scheduling related news, my fucking laptop is dead.<br /><br />By that I mean somehow its not accepting the power source from the wall, the battery works fine, but you know, you have to chaaaaarge that battery from the wall. So I'm laptop-less. I called Toshiba's tech support today, and the man on the other end (His name was "Andrew".) was surprisingly helpful and not degrading. Which is strange because you know, its tech support. So I've got a new laptop cord being shipped to me in the near future, and if its not the laptop cord, then I'm going to have to ship my actual laptop into Toshiba and have them repair the other possible cause of it, that being a potential crack in the solder connecting the DC-IN to the motherboard, and therefore causing an interruption in power flow that would render the laptop more or less useless. The scary thing is that that problem isn't an uncommon one with Toshiba Satellite laptops, which is sad, because its a helluva little computer and I love it to death.<br /><br />I'm sweating like a pig. Its hotter inside than it is outside, and that pisses me off.<br /><br />Not that I've managed to wrangle any readers on this blog, but I've really missed just opining about the crap thats happened during the day in an easy to archive, visually sensitive manner. For me blogging isn't really about getting my thoughts out where they're visible to the masses, its a way of chronicling my life in a way that I can look back on and be able to legibly read. Haha. And plus its nice to know that anyone cares enough to read my ramblings, even though its only a select few. I'm going to begin to crosspost a few of the posts on http://nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com to my myspace blog as well, with a link at the bottom so that people can follow over to the better, more versatile big brother blog of the reeeeeeal Noblesoul.<br /><br />For now though, I'm going to try and have a few good dreams before I wake up and start again.<br /><br />Goodnight.<br /><i><b><br />Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-122655463562301985?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-66507832572336268882008-08-17T13:49:00.000-07:002008-08-17T17:36:52.583-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yhRRso1x2n4/SKiZDAUspRI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Bc1X_mdfIS0/s1600-h/0_IMAGE_0272.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yhRRso1x2n4/SKiZDAUspRI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Bc1X_mdfIS0/s320/0_IMAGE_0272.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235602843723670802" border="0" /></a><br />Tonight is the beginning of a new tradition, to be referred to as <span style="font-family:arial;">The </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:new gothic nt;" >Heliophobic</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Collective</span>, wherein Trent, Craig, and Myself get together on Sundays and play a variety of card games, watch a variety of geeky or nerdy films, and do a wide variety of nerdy things. Potentially this collective will grow and expand to include other members, or other activities, and we might even go so far as to maintain a website. But at the moment, the order of the evening is <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_the_gathering">Magic: The Gathering. </a><i><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span></b></i><br /><i><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></b></i>We're going to do what is called a 'cube draft'. Which is like a mini-booster draft, but obviously a very mini version. For the purposes of that, all of our cards are being placed in a very large "cube" (Hence the name!), so my deck is going to be disassembled. As such I'm going to post its contents for my purposes, and for the supposed but not real enjoyment of my non-existent readers.<i><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></i><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><span style="font-style: italic;">'Charcoal'<br /></span></i>Black: <i><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Syphon Soul x2<br />Ambiotic Wisps x1<br />Grave Pact x1<br />Corrosive Mentor x1<br />Sickle Reaper x1<br />Syphon Life x1<br />Sudden Spoiling x2<br />Rite of Consumption x1<br />Creakwood Ghoul x1<br /><br /></span></i>White/Black:<i><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Nip Gwylion x2<br />Unmake x3<br />Batwing Brume x1<br />Harvest Gwylion x1<br />Cauldron Haze x1<br /><br /></span></i>Red/Black:<i><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Grief Tyrant x1<br />Emberstrike Duo x1<br />Sootwalkers x1<br /><br /></span></i>Black/Green:<br /><i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Odious Trow x2<br />Drain the Well x1<br /><br /></span></span></i>Red: <i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Knollspine Invocation x1<br />Rekindled Flame x1<br />Hotheaded Giant x1<br />Flame Jab x1<br />Smash to Smithereens x1<br />Wild Swing x1<br /><br /></span></span></i>Red/Green<i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Mudbrawler Raiders x1<br />Scuzzback Scrapper x1<br /><br /></span></span></span></i>Blue/Black<i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Torpor Dust x1<br /><br /></span></span></span></i>Colorless<i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Hoof Skulkin x2<br />Pili-Pala x1<br />Gnarled Effigy x1<br />Scrapbasket x1<br />Blazethorn Scarecrow x1<br />Blight Sickle x1<br />Chainbreaker x1<br /></span></span></span></i><br />Land</span> <i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Swamp x 13<br />Mountain x8<br /><br />Total cards : 63<br /></span></span></span></span></i><span><span><span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >UPDATE 1<br /><br /></span><img src="http://correctopinion.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/pineapple-express.jpg"><br>I'm currently sitting in the lobby of SMG, waiting for Pineapple Express to start at 7:55pm. From what I hear its pretty good, my review to come later.<br /></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Post will continue to be edited.<br /></span></span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></span></span><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><br />Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-6650783257233626888?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038830875484402848.post-16695826149405128792008-08-17T00:33:00.000-07:002008-08-17T00:53:03.688-07:00Well, here we go. This is Noblesoul. A brainchild I've been stewing for a while (You see, I stew children, so it still works as an analogy...), in which I'll do the generic blogger thing, but in a setting thats more personal than say, my Myspace blog of the same name, or postings on Twitter, and simultaneously, much more open and available for the viewing of anyone and everyone. In the current climate we live in, that being one of internet transparency where anything one posts online can and most likely will be read by the people you don't want reading the intimate details of your personal life, we have either gotten wise and stopped posting personal things like blogs (see the migration from Xanga to Myspace that occured roughly around my freshman year of highschool), or just gotten dumber, and by that I mean not realizing that this is occuring. We tend to hide our innermost thoughts from the majority of our friends, but there is something empowering about shouting your thoughts from the rooftop. Think of this blog as the screaming scene in Garden State. Or as a nudist. I'm aiming for absolute transparency. No secrets, no bullshit. If I think it, its going somewhere, and someone will see it. I'll post whatever I want here, more or less, ranging from my personal life, to body modification, to art, science, mathematics, politics, society, media, etc etc etc. I'm very aware that the blogosphere is monitored by superiors in the workplace, in the family, the household, or whatever, so I'm not going to be incredibly incendiary, but I will be honest. Everyone has a right to know who I am, and what I stand for, and the best way to do that is like I said, absolute transparency.<br /><br />But first and foremost, this is a blog.<br /><br />And my life. If you want to know whats going on in my world, this is the place to go. I plan to update at least M-W-F, like XKCD (ha!), but hope to post at least once a day.<br /><br />Also included in the footer of every post will be my latest Tweets over the wonderful networking tool Twitter. Follow me! I'll return the favor. Also, I highly recommend that you get a Twitter account, its a nifty tool for on the go blogging, social transparency, and you can make it auto-update your facebooks status, etc etc. Long story short, get Twitter, you won't regret it.<br /><br />Its 2:45 in the morning, and I think I've just about got all the kinks worked out on the blog.<br /><br />My first real post will come tomorrow.<br /><br />Peace, Love, Empathy.<br /><br /><i><b>Twitter feed:</b> What are you doing?</i><br /><div id="twitter_div"><ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul><br /><a id="twitter-link" style="display:block;text-align:right;" href="http://twitter.com/nathansteinmetz">follow me on Twitter</a><br /></div><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/nathansteinmetz.json?callback=twitterCallback2&amp;count=5" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9038830875484402848-1669582614940512879?l=nathansteinmetz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144697923377327672noreply@blogger.com1