http://goodevilgenius.org/blog The real life of Dan Jones Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:24:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many of you, my friends, are already aware of the difficulty I and my roommates have been having in deciding on a name for our new house, and the online poll we created in order to settle what it should be called. The voting has been going on for a week ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/08/18/the-battle-of-the-names/ So, I recently read on Stephanie Hall's blog about an interesting color quiz. It's a personality quiz that tells you about yourself based on colors you pick. While I don't think my results are particularly accurate, I thought they were interesting. I particularly found it interesting that I am "able ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/08/08/color-quiz/ So, I recently helped a friend move, and I've had a lot of experience over the past several years both helping people move, and being helped move, so I thought I'd write a couple tips about best practices for the person being moved. First off, if the friend I helped move ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/08/03/what-to-do-when-your-friends-help-you-move/ Right now I had planned to be at a dance at church. I was looking forward to it, because it's been a while since I've been to a dance, but I had an experience that kept me from it. Earlier today, I was at a film shoot. The shoot was in ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/07/18/my-roommates-couch/ So, I got this idea from a Facebook note a friend of mine wrote. Here's how it works: Put your MP3 player or ipod on shuffle. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS. If you want, you ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/07/07/soundtrack-of-my-life/ So, I'm in Carthage, TX right now to visit my family. The ride to Carthage is quite a long one (6-7 hours), so I saw a lot of different things on the way here. As I was leaving Taylor on the way up here, I was riding right along a train ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/06/07/could-have-been-amazing/ 30.57517531167493 -97.37355351448059 Well, I got a job today. I'll be one of the web designers for the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas. It's kind of ironic. I really wanted to get a job, because for the last year, I've been really sick of school (and by sick, I mean ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/05/27/i-got-a-job/ When I was a child, I saw an episode of the Batman cartoon in which Bruce Wayne was trapped in a dream created by a machine made by the Mad Hatter. In this episode, Bruce discovers that he is dreaming because he can't read. He claims that dreaming and reading ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/05/10/cant-do-math/ I recently had a part in a short film written and directed by my good friend, Arthur Kendrick. The film is titled "The Plumber and the Princess." If you've ever played Mario Brothers, you already know the basic plotline of the film. This is not, however, simply a short version ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/04/29/mario-en-noir/ This post is not actually about Smurfs. I will not discuss the language of the Smurfs. (They obviously speak English and Die Schlümpfe speak German.) This post is actually about linguistics. Most of you can feel free to stop reading now. I won't be offended. Unless you're my mother, this ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/04/23/smurfs-and-linguistics/ Last night, I had a strange dream that I felt like sharing. Why do I discuss my dreams on this blog so much, you might ask? I guess my real life is just boring enough that I need to supplement it with my fantasy life. Oh well. On to the ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/04/21/if-looks-could-kill/ I use Linux. I don't like Windows, and I don't care for Mac OS X. I love Linux, and its software. I especially love the fact that most Linux software is Free Software. I'm not a Nazi about Free Software. I'll use proprietary software if there's simply no usable free ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/04/03/my-adventures-with-gimp/ Yesterday was my birthday, and boy, was it a great one. Around 6am, there was some noise right outside my room. It was just enough to not actually wake me up, but enough that I was able to hear what's happening, and the sounds in the real world would meld ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/03/29/my-birthday/ So, the other night I had a pretty weird dream, and I've been thinking of it since. In the dream I was working on some kind of project with five girls. I don't really remember what it was we were doing, and it's not particularly important anyway. These five girls ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2008/02/09/my-dream-girls/ Last night, I got a craving. I was thinking of my time in Scotland, and some of the stuff I missed from there, and one stood out. Some stuff I can get here in the States, like haggis, or Irn-Bru (it's not easy to find, but not impossible). But there's ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2007/12/20/a-scottish-delicacy/ I had a weird dream last night. It wasn't weird in the sense that weird things happened, things that were out of the ordinary, unusual, or impossible. In fact, it was weird in the fact that it didn't have any of that stuff. You see, usually I remember dreams when ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2007/11/24/weird-mundane-dream/ Thursday afternoon, I was in a class at the Institute. The class was "The Gospel and the Productive Life," taught by Bishop Simmons. The lesson was mainly about The Word of Wisdom, but one of the quotes that was read mentioned the benefits of wholeseome recreation as well. Bishop Simmons ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2007/11/17/dancing-queen/ So, last week, I was trying to think of new ways to spread the word about our entry into the Insomnia Film Festival. As I was thinking of ways to spread the word, the student directory at my school came to my mind. It lists all the students, faculty, and ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2007/10/29/my-week-as-a-spammer/ As I mentioned a couple days ago, I helped create a three minute film for Apple's Insomnia Film Contest. Well, the time to vote has finally arrived! Apple took a little while longer than they expected because they were just overwhelmed with entries this year. Their website is still a little ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2007/10/20/vote-for-crosswalk-in-the-2007-insomnia-film-contest/ Last Saturday, oogaFilms created a three minute film for the 2007 Apple Insomnia Film Contest. This is a contest wherein college and high school students create a three minute film in 24 hours. oogaFilms' entry is titled "Crosswalk," and can currently be seen on YouTube, but on the 19th October ... http://goodevilgenius.org/blog/2007/10/17/apple-insomnia-film-contest-2007/