tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:04:09 +0000Dedicated to helping you waste 5 minutes or so a day. And people say I contribute nothing to society.http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Maki)Blogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-1578607797690551652Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:49:00 +00002007-07-12T01:01:17.790-04:00tagsstuff you never ever wanted to know but do nowYes, I am still alive. Yes, I know you're shocked. I'd like to say I've been living the life of privilege, but well, actually I kinda have. Maybe for a day or so. Sucks to be the rest of you that day, huh? I'll admit the rest of the days weren't as nice. I'll tell you all about those later. For now, I have a tag to respond to and I wouldn't be a good blogger if I didn't do that. I need to build http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2007/07/its-as-good-excuse-as-any.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-2718471580929818781Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:47:00 +00002007-02-27T23:53:46.952-05:00apologiesGuess what turned 2 years old last Wednesday? Guess who only just now got around to mentioning it? I think you know what and I think you know who. It appears the sophomore slump continues. One day I will stop working, stop doing freelance design jobs, stop reffing dodgeball, stop going out drinking, stop playing basketball, stop playing Xbox 360, stop eating my 93 boxes of Samoas, stop watching http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2007/02/that-wasnt-first-anniversary-ive-missed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-8215672376220469470Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:00:00 +00002007-02-14T01:42:35.707-05:00Yeah, you could say I've been busy. What with my regular work ramping up, my freelance work ramping up, my dodgeball work ramping up, my 24 and Lost watching ramping up and my social life in general ramping up, I've been kept away from fun time on the computer pretty steadily lately. But that's okay, trust me. It's a good thing. Well, other than needing to get stitches in my eyelid due to some http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2007/02/rumors-of-my-demise-were-of-course.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-116900349206349912Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:07:00 +00002007-01-16T22:11:32.366-05:00So, in the weeks preceding the HUGE PREMIERE EVENT ON FOX, which was TWO DAYS, FOUR HOURS OF 24 ON FOX, which we were reminded of during every Fox sporting event possible, it seems the number of visits I get per day has absolutely shot through the roof. The reason for this is simple...Everybody loves The "Official" 24 Drinking Game.Seriously. You would not believe how many people come here http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2007/01/everybody-loves-me-only-for-my-24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-116831113087837718Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:45:00 +00002007-01-08T21:52:11.406-05:00Yeah, you in the gigantic Ford F-150 that gets 6 miles per gallon on the highway. I'm talking to you. You need to stop and pay attention, right now.Why?Well, I'll tell you why. Listen up.Scientists estimate that light travels at a speed of approximately 670,616,629 miles per hour. Yes, much faster than your Ford F-150, even downhill. "Why," you may ask, "do I care about the speed of light?" Well,http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2007/01/attention-ford-f-150-driver-on-i-95.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-116779489063228713Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:51:00 +00002007-01-03T08:13:40.123-05:00Welcome to 2007! I guess this means I'm back to the whole blogiverse thing. I bring you no "missions" this year, though. I think we all know how last year's ended up, now don't we? In spite of all my positivity, let's just say I fell a little short in those (2-drink limit, anyone?) And, of course, it's more fun to make up missions as I go. I figure why cram them all into the beginning of the yearhttp://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2007/01/six-weeks-aka-get-move-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-116555850593816965Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:13:00 +00002006-12-08T01:15:06.270-05:00Well, I guess it's not a requiem, since 2006 isn't dead and gone yet. But I really don't plan on posting anything further this year, so I guess this will have to do, now won't it?So, anyway, how have you been? It's been a while now, hasn't it? I know there's about 40 or so of you a day that stop by daily for whatever reason... And all I can say is thanks for doing it. Sorry to keep disappointing http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/12/kinda-sorta-requiem-for-2006.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-116331377337558958Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:37:00 +00002006-11-12T01:42:53.706-05:00I guess you get some musical accompaniment here. Listen as you read.Back when I was in high school, I had a theology teacher named Fr. Leo. He was one of the best teachers I've ever had, and he was also one of the least conventional. Before every class, once everyone had arrived, we had what he called time to "make space." The idea behind making space was that it was a short meditation session. http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/11/making-space.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-116080877315033398Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:58:00 +00002006-10-16T00:34:10.176-04:00It seems the blogosphere is dying. There used to be this thriving network of blogs and posters and commenters and it just seems to have shriveled up to only a few of the stalwarts. Some of us promise updates in a few days, some of us promise nothing, some of us announce our departure and some of us just kind of vanish altogether without so much as a goodbye. A lot of the links on my sidebar fellhttp://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/10/just-wait-til-tomorrow-i-guess-thats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-116036935743438056Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:48:00 +00002006-10-09T00:59:28.766-04:00Ok, after giving the world the wonderful and fantastic 24 Drinking Game, I bring you The Amazing Race Drinking Game. This one is much easier to keep track of. But you're still gettin' drunk.Drink any time somebody cries. Drink twice if they're male.Drink any time somebody says, "Oh my god!"Drink any time somebody says, "I can't do it."Drink any time one teammate tells the other teammate to "SHUT http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/10/more-tv-stuff-briefly-aka-amazing-race.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115993889220671770Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:54:00 +00002006-10-04T01:14:52.513-04:00Holy crap, is it October already? Insanity. Another week of non-blogging for me, it appears. I bring good news, though! I must admit that week two of me being corporate trainer new system guru is going much better than week one did. I've actually spent more than 10 minutes at my desk, which is a pretty good thing. The bad thing is that I've found like 3 trillion things I have to fix now in the http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/10/progress-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115941781368559613Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:23:00 +00002006-10-04T08:06:07.416-04:00I know, I know, I know, I know, I know. Absenteeism, thy name is Maki. Sorry about that. Let's just say I've been busy and leave it at that. Here is my current priority list, in descending order so you know where things stand with me.1. Work. I am the guru of our new publishing system at work. This involves working late and other assorted stupid crap, like answering the same question for the http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/09/vanishing-act.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115864284653210368Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:05:00 +00002006-09-19T01:14:06.583-04:00Monday Night Football with my team playing at home. You know what's better than that? Being at the game. And you know what's even better than that? Being at the game... In a luxury suite. That's right. Me in a luxury skybox with all the free food and alcohol I care to drink. And the topper is watching my team shut out the defending Super Bowl champs.Sometimes I love being me.http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/09/you-know-whats-better-than-monday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115821072706784509Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:56:00 +00002006-09-14T01:12:07.616-04:00I learned that MHD (MTV/VH1/CMT's hi-def network) actually plays music. I'm sure this won't last long before they start showing Laguna Beach reruns and Fat Joe's Streetball Tournament, so I'm gonna enjoy it while I can. In that vein, here are my random thoughts on 6 hours worth of DVR'd hi-def music videos:Having CMT included in the rotation really sucks. I mean, really sucks. This is precisely http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/09/musically-related-things-i-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115754376014643843Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:40:00 +00002006-09-06T07:56:00.190-04:00For all those sick of the "observed" dates for my birthday, today is the actual day that I turn 30. Thanks to everyone who showed me a great time the past two weekends... And I guess everyone that will be there tonight, too! I'm lucky enough to have some truly awesome friends. And a big TV (3 more days... 3 more days...) I even got a call from my mom & sister from Europe this morning. Remind me http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/09/yes-today-is-actual-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115729517230051382Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:45:00 +00002006-09-03T10:52:52.730-04:00Yesterday was a day filled with football, and one that made the drive down easily worth it. I had my fantasy football draft with a bunch of my high school buddies at high noon. It's pretty much the only time I see them every year, so it's a fun-filled 3 hours even if the shouts of, "PICK ALREADY" that were heard every 60 seconds or so got old. But there's something about having college football http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/09/good-times.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115708498958686472Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:55:00 +00002006-09-01T00:33:12.463-04:00So, my 30th birthday is somehow less than a week away. It's a bit strange to think about. I guess it's the idea of that big odometer rolling over an extra number this time that kind of makes me put things in perspective. I enjoyed my twenties. Quite a bit, actually. I laughed, I cried, I bought a metric ton of DVDs. It was better than Cats, I tell ya. Hell, I started a blog, an event that will http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/08/twentysomething.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115647108217707407Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:58:00 +00002006-08-24T22:27:21.726-04:00Hey, Scientist guy! Yeah, you! What the hell did Pluto ever do to you, huh? There Pluto is, all up in its oblong orbit, happy to be a planet for the last 76 years and all of a sudden you punkasses just up and tell Pluto it's not a planet anymore? Not cool. Not cool at all. All treating Pluto like it's some kind of second-class celestial body space mass type thing or something. You even have the http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/08/pluto-is-planet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115588245747652515Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:08:00 +00002006-08-18T02:31:27.666-04:00The short of it: definitely worth the wait. Of course, there are some reservations to that statement, considering I saw the movie in just about the most optimal way possible -- with a theater full of high schoolers who had been anticipating this movie as much as I had been anticipating this movie (if not moreso). And yes, they all went nuts and chimed in as soon as they realized Samuel L. was http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/08/yes-i-saw-snakes-on-plane-and-yes-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115578785104473430Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:03:00 +00002006-08-17T08:05:01.490-04:00Again, yes I'm still alive. I'm just feeling exceedingly lazy right now.Hopefully seeing Snakes On A Plane (aka The Greatest Cinematic Achievement Of Our Generation) tomorrow will give me some inspiration. Maybe even a review! One can only hope. I really can't believe it's been almost a year since I first wrote about this movie.Here are some helpful tips you may want to keep in mind...Less than http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/08/we-got-mfn-snakes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115549191564419157Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:58:00 +00002006-08-13T14:06:11.683-04:00Yes, I'm still alive. Enjoy! Happy day!http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/08/everybody-be-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115498727793257512Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:42:00 +00002006-08-07T17:47:58.386-04:00To say this weekend's golf tournament was a success would be an understatement. Take everything that sucked about last year's tournament (a last place finish) and take the complete opposite. Not only did my team win, we absolutely dominated. A list of our accomplishments:Shot a 68, beating the second place team by 6 strokesBeat the last place team by 16 strokesSet the record for lowest round everhttp://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-should-play-golf-once-year-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115458335391960691Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:57:00 +00002006-08-03T01:40:46.096-04:00Yes, the most important part of my preparation for the Minnesota trip is complete! If you were about to guess packing my clothes, you, (A) obviously don't know me very well, and (B) skip reading my well-crafted headlines, apparently.Now, dear reader, you may ask, "why do you need yet another custom playlist for your iPod, Maki?" Well, I'll be happy to answer. It's not for the plane (for once.) http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/08/return-of-name-that-playlist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115440740434551558Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:39:00 +00002006-08-01T07:57:31.053-04:00I've started having strange dreams lately. I rarely dream because, as any good doctor will tell you, dreaming requires R.E.M. sleep. This is a state I rarely achieve since I get about 5 hours of sleep a night, at least on a good night. Of that 5 hours, it's broken up into segments of about an hour apiece since I wake up for no good reason about that often. It's good times, let me tell you.Anyway,http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/07/scientific-proof-among-other-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10995797.post-115389299124888997Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:46:00 +00002006-07-26T02:10:59.986-04:00aka Walking Zero.I'm realizing that with the 3,587 things on my brain lately things I should be keeping up with and remembering are falling by the wayside. Even worse is when I remind myself about something earlier in the week and then forget it by the time it rolls around by the end of the week. Very bad. You'd think I'm a drug addict the way information keeps seeping through my brain like a http://bigmaki.blogspot.com/2006/07/maki-incidental-jackass.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maki)7