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April 26, 2005

charge that ring, 'boo

So like on Saturday night at Blowoff, the lights started going on and off and Clickboo (below, to my right) started freaking out and put his fist up in the air, saying:

I charge this ring with matchless might,
To banish all of evil's blight...

I didn't know what the hell he was talking about, and then Bob and Rich started playing and I couldn't hear the rest of what Clickboo was saying...
jimbo at left, Clickboo on the right
MANY THANKS TO SUPER-SWEET, DILIGENT, HOT, MAN-ON-THE-SCENE, NEXUS OF ALL THAT IS FUN, SMART AND ENTERTAINING JOE-MY-GOD FOR TAKING THAT AWESOME PHOTO OF ME AND TOM!!!

Listen up: if I have you on my Yahoo! Instant Messenger list DO NOT open or click on any links you may get from my instant message! My identity and password have been stolen, and apparently my Yahoo! IM is now sending out the same malicious instant messages. My AOL IM is fine though. My roomate got zapped yesterday from my account and his identity is now stolen too.

And I do not want to hear how this does not happen on a frikkin' Mac. I am sick of hearing that rhetoric. Just keep it to yourselves on that one.

In other shitty news, I got rejected by the communications graduate program here where I work. I was/am really into the classes, although I am getting a shitty grade in my Perusasion class due to fucking up on a test and I can't seem to get this paper right. Contingency plan: re-take GRE, re-take Persuasion class, apply again next year, be more vigilant with their overly-bureaucratic application system, possibly apply to "old people's" campus and just get a plain 'ol Master's rather than a fancy schmancy one.

To bitch more: again, no rugby this weekend as I have to work. It'll be Maryland Day on campus in College Park, basically a big fat open house. I have to man our student/faculty projects exhibit, herding the public to the museum and interpreting the exhibits. Will the motherfucker who left the old mini-submarines please move them out of my goddamn museum before Friday!!!

And I think I'm getting a cold. Wah.

Posted by jimbo at April 26, 2005 10:19 AM

Comments

Where have I seen a similar photo?

You've got plenty to floss with there yourself...

Posted by: Eric at April 26, 2005 11:17 AM

hmmmmm! hairy man-flesh. just one of the things that keeps me coming back to this blog

Posted by: windreader at April 26, 2005 11:53 AM

You look so sober!

Posted by: chrisafer at April 26, 2005 12:02 PM

I sympathize. I got rejected by four graduate schools for creative writing this year. Fortunately, I am a rejection junkie, so I'll probably try yet again next year.

Oh, and thank heavens none of my co-workers are telepathic (that I know of), because that photo inspires impure thoughts....

Posted by: Jeffrey at April 26, 2005 12:11 PM

Maybe your friend Clickboo is a member of the Lantern Corps :-)

If I remember correctly that sounds like the chant the Green Lantern use to say to recharge his ring :-)

Could be he is a super hero ;-)

Posted by: Dax at April 26, 2005 12:12 PM

Wow, I thought I was bad for immediately recognizing that as a Green Lantern oath, but I'm totally outclassed, since that one is only used by some obscure alien Green Lantern: http://glcorps.dcuguide.com/dalor.php

Posted by: Sparky [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 26, 2005 12:34 PM

So sorry about the fricken grad school disappointment. They must process the applications in Mordor.

Posted by: homer at April 26, 2005 1:03 PM

Nice pic!

WHO TOOK IT?

hmmph.

Posted by: Joe.My.God. at April 26, 2005 1:24 PM

I love me a good armpit shot!

Posted by: Scott at April 26, 2005 2:12 PM

Thanks for the heads-up on the Yahoo messenger thingy. But, it was too late. However, the URL didn't take me to an active page. Do you know if that still means I've been stolen?

Posted by: Bubba at April 26, 2005 4:24 PM

Always a pleasure seeing you shirtless!

Posted by: moby at April 26, 2005 11:32 PM

I am curious how did you do on the GRE test? If you need any suggestions or studying tips, let me know. I increased my score by 250 points and was able to get into a clinical psychology PhD program.

Posted by: Ruben at April 27, 2005 12:57 AM

Got the link in Yahoo from you Jim - initially on my mac (sorry) - and nothing displayed. Being at work, and having a PC in front of me too, I thought I'd see what it was you were sending.

"Bleh, have to login Yahoo," I thought - and routinely tapped in my username and password.

About 10 seconds after the empty resulting page appeared, I realised what I'd done. I've been working on the net for 8 years, I've seen every scam and fiddle around, and I'd just fallen for the easiest trick in the book.

Luckily I acted quickly, I successfully logged into Yahoo - phew, password still working - and changed my password.

This one is very neatly done, I think the main reason I fell for it was that my internal security brain-chip thingy isn't set to 'caution' for something like Yahoo.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. :(

Posted by: Steve at April 27, 2005 5:12 AM

"I charge this ring with matchless might,
To banish all of evil's blight.
May all my --" (interrupted)
-Green Lantern Vol. 2 #155

Posted by: LT at April 27, 2005 10:12 PM

Very nice photo :) And while something like that may (keyword=may) not happen on a Mac, let me just say that plenty of weird/bad things can... and they can be harder to figure out and fix because they tend to be more obscure (not that I'm complaining... writing about the obscureness of Mac problems has gotten me two book deals).

Posted by: Ryan at April 28, 2005 9:16 PM

Jimbo, I let you have Ken Caminetti, that one's mine!!!!! WOOF!

Posted by: Adam at May 2, 2005 10:04 PM