And Tonight....

Tonight's musical slection is The Cult. In my opinion they're one of the most underrated bands of all time. I think Ian Astbury has one of the best rock voices I've ever heard. As it says on their website. "Too Hard for Goth, too metal-edged for alternative." This would keep them pretty well out of the mainstream. But I really don't know anyone who doesn't know Fire Woman or She Sells Sanctuary nearly by heart. If you're ever bummin' around a cd store, check out their selection. Check out their compilation "Rare Cult" It would have to be the greatest compilation set I've ever seen, with over 90 tracks, and a bunch of unreleased stuff. The 80 page book that comes with it doesn't hurt either.

Finally coming back around.

Well everything was up and running..until Intel struck an unforeseen blow. In the process of getting everything back online I installed the Intel PRONet drivers, and it assimilated my USB network. This took me offline entirely. Though it was a minor setback, it does kinda leave me on schedule for my final act of vengeance to the Vampire community. Most of you know about my incredibly favorable view of the Vampire: Redemption community. The friends I made, along with the enemies were possibly the best I've had in an online experience. But tonight I'm going back in after nearly a year hiatus to wreak my last and final act of retribution opon said enemies. I believe Redemption will be a good term for what is about to happen. So if any of you reading this play, and are either a member of the Society of Elders, or know members...tell them to run. Run for the pathetic little online undead lives because tonight is payback for the Network Card, payback for the crashers and the hackers and the raids. Tonight there won't be an Elder Cainite who won't feel my fangs sink deep into their neck. And Renee...Hide in your locked room as you always do, it'll make it just that much more fun to find you.

The Battle is over...but there were casualties...

Well I'm posting this from my house tonight, so that can only mean one thing...HAL is up and running. It was a grueling battle but I came out on top...for the most part. My 13.6 gig Hard Drive; affectionately named Vinnie, was the first casualty. He bit it hard and will be greatly missed. Another casualty was EVERYTHING on my 80 gig hard drive. There were 7 years worth of music web pages, and various things that I had written...all gone. *sigh* Let the rebuilding commence i guess.

In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King

Well, the computer didn't go quite to plan. After I got it assembled I found that the motherboard (more than likely) was screwed so I've gotta take it to where I bought the parts (Unfortunately, Tech Advanced Computers) so they can "assemble" it, just in case I'm a fucking moron and can't build a computer on my own. So with any luck I'll be back online this weekend.

From an Undisclosed Location...

With my computer completely out of operation now, the next two days can't get here fast enough. If all goes well, HAL 3.0 will be online and completely operational by saturday afternoon. I can operate on the web in safe mode...very carefully. so far the only thing I can't access is my mail. For some reason HAL 2.0a doesn't like my mail. Oh well. I haven't been on it much anyway since it died. I've been playing my PS2, waiting for the next .Hack game to come out. Maybe write a longer one Saturday when I rejoin the world of the living.

Soon...

Well next Saturday will be the official birthday of HAL 3.0. I'm stripping down the current HAL next week and rebuilding him in a new case, processor and other assorted hardware. Next week I move up to 2.4 GHz. WoOt. I will have full functionality back instead of having to operate my computer in safe mode. It will be a thing of beauty that just can't be missed. For on that fateful day, I WILL RULE!! anywho, just letting everybody know that I'm still alive around here.