I am Aramis D'Nivra - that's what I am.

Long time no blog :)

2004-10-20T13:18:00.000+04:00

It's been a while since I last posted an entry. I'm not so much of a blogger though. I just try to write something interesting here now and then, more specifically geared towards humour to share with the world instead of writing about my life. Anyway, I'll try to update this blog as much as I can. I'll be posting ongoing works of some of my drawings (mainly anime and manga) just for fun. Note that I'm an awful artist though! haha :) I'll also try to post some coding tips or sample code, just for the fun of it. My currently preferred languages are C# and Java. I used to program in Delphi but that's old story now.

See yah peeps (no one reads thig blog anyway !!).

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Friends:
Aadil -:|:- Rowan

Your attitude is welcome!

2004-09-27T21:10:00.000+04:00

I wonder what makes people behave the way they do without giving a thought to what others think. Maybe attitude is based on serious conviction of one's own conclusions. Could also be based on wrongly percieved ideas. I don't know but all I can do it live and let live. Getting angry on petty stuffs aren't worth it. What I'm saying might be incoherent but nevermind, whatever your attitude is, you're always welcome. Yeah.

Cheers,
Your attitude is welcome (Alien Ant Farm)
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Friends:
Aadil -:|:- Rowan

Knock! Knock?

2004-09-16T13:48:00.000+04:00

Yeah, I've been absent from my blog for quite some time now. Busy with work, busy with life. I don't find the courage nor time to code on my PC at home these days. I've started programming like when I was 13 on an old salvaged Commodore 64 which I still have and in full working condition ;-) . It was not until i was 16 that I was able to buy my first PC, a 333Mhz Intel Celeron equipped with 32MB of RAM and 3.2GB hard disk. I've been coding in several languages since then: DOS scripts, PHP, Pascal, Object Pascal (Delphi, Free Pascal), Linux shell scripts, Java, C++, JavaScript and now C#.

Anyway, at work I code all day long and the zeal that I had a year ago is completely gone. I don't know if I'll be able to get that back some day soon, I have several projects from my pre-work days that need to be finished.

All I do after I get back home is play games and sometimes the guitar! Yeah, I'm a hardcore player. I'm fully into Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament 2004 (but not Chicken Shit, oh sorry Counter Strike). Painkiller is awesome, the atmosphere is great. In some way I find it "scarier" than Doom 3's puny attempts at making you scream your ass off. Tight dark corridors with zombies on EVERY corner, inadequate lighting etc. And what's up with the bump mapped and fuck faced characters? Agreed the light and shadow effects are nice but overall Doom 3 is pure shit. Let's forget that. Last week I got to try Tribes Vengeance and the game is very promising. Next up, I think I'll get back to Star Wars KotOR, finish Hitman 2, play Hitman Contracts and install my copy of Splinter Cell : Pandora Tomorrow. Oh and I think I have to get back to IL2-Sturmovik : Forgotten Battles again. Geez, that's a lot of games to play. So little time.... so little time :(

Ok, enough of my rants and ramblings.
/quit

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Free?

2004-07-12T17:25:00.000+04:00

When something is free, be it an item or a service, there is tendency for abuse. For example, if you had free beer wouldn't you gulp a keg every 10 minutes? Or what about free blowjobs? Hmmmm gets you thinking, hey?

As it turns out, I'm the local computer guy in my neighbourhood (and some extended neighbourhood also). Whenever someone has problems with their PCs, guess who they call? I never charge a single cent to anyone but they are free to give me food, clothing, 5 cent coins, bits of nail, etc if that suits them. Computers aren't dumb, users are! I'm sorry if I've offended you but I've got tons of morons who ring me up whenever they feel like and "tell" me to "come" to their house to repair their computers which broke by "itself". I don't work for you motherfucker, and you're not paying.

Two days ago, my neighbour asked me to come to his place and see what's wrong with his computer. Apparently he wasn't able to access the Windows's Control Panel to dial the internet! So, he just ring me up and say "Hey I've got a problem on my PC, I can't access the internet. Come and fix it." I'm like WTF? I don't give a damn about your PC. I've got my PC's power supply blown up into pieces and i need to install that new hard disk I just bought. So, I screw him until his wife phoned me yesterday and said in an exhasperated tone: "You know, I can't access the net since two days and I'm worried sick about my daughter in France. I can't contact her. Are you at home?" To that I lie: "No, I'm at a friend's place and won't be back for at least 2 hours". She then replied: "Well, when you leave, just come to my place immediately". And I lie again: "OK". Fuck you ma'am, you can use the phone to contact your silly daughter and get some other techie to repair your damn computer or subscribe to some "How to use a computer" lessons for dummies. Fuck, Fuck, Fuck and FUCK! Time to learn how to use that PC of yours or dump it.

I know not people are like me but I'm sure we all have at least a little bit of common sense. When I had my first PC, I was a complete newbie and whenever I had problems, I scavenged the net (my next-best friend after my doggie) or racked my head until I fixed the problem. I NEVER phoned anybody for help. If you think that I'm ranting about a couple of phone calls then you're terribly mistaken. I get 100's of them like that everymonth and now that I'm working I don't have time to tackle your problems. I have my own. It might seem selfish but I'm tired of this abuse. I will continue to help people who are genuinely in trouble and those who are willing to learn by themselves before calling for help.

I'm off for some sleep now. See yah!

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Behaviour Observation #1

2004-05-25T13:37:00.000+04:00

Hi peeps, I'm going to write periodically about behaviours (human). From all these years, I've collected (mentally) lots of information about behaviours and this enabled me to understand how the individual mind works and deduce the character of the individual. This allowed me to manage my environment quite well. Well, these observations are mostly subjective and in no way represent accurate psycological data.

Naturally Curious
Some people are naturally curious and have an impetus for gathering knowledge. I think I just described me but what I'm going to talk about is quite different: people who are curious and need to act knowledgeable! Sounds familiar? Read on.

Well, imagine sitting down talking to a friend and someone else (a friend, colleague, etc) from some distance away scrutinizes in your direction, trying to pick up fragments of sound waves coming from you and your friend. Then he/she walks up towards you and starts talking about whatever he/she picked up from that distance and tries to be smarter/more knowledgeable. I didn't talk to you, Bob, so why interfere? Hmmmmm.... It's ok if someone has overhead your conversation and just pops in to add something, but not when that someone is listening for some time and trying to figure out how to intervene in a smarter way!

Huh? What? Yeah, I know I shouldn't point fingers but heck, doesn't that annoy you?

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Lotteries, anyone?

2004-05-19T13:44:00.000+04:00

Joyous thy can be
With lots of money
Earned from a lottery
Happy for eternity
No more misery,
Nor any poverty
Illusion it is though
For you reap what you sow
The joy turns to sorrow
Money is earned, as you know
Work hard for your reward
Life will have another regard
The pleasure is thrice worth
Nothing can offer on Earth

[I was inspired to write this poem today when I read an article on MSNBC about lottery winners not being happy. The thing is earning your money gives more pleasure than getting it for free]

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Movies!!! Miam Miam!!

2004-05-17T12:30:00.000+04:00

Hey! Lotsa movies coming soon : SpiderMan 2, Shrek 2, Kill Bill 2, Troy, Van Helsing, 13 going on 30 and lots more. So much goodies even if some are a bit crap ;-) HOWEVER, waiting for the movies to show on our theatres, battered and mutilated, is torture. What is Amnesty International doing about that? In this damned little island of mine, we have to wait for the french-dubbed version to be screened around the theatres in France and THEN dumped here.

Ain't that a bitch?

I'm so tired. I'm so lazy. I love the Japanese culture. I love Japan, the country of hard workers. Sometimes, I just want to live there but I guess Japan has no place for a lazy chap like me. Fuck, what's Japan got to do with movies?

Dude, it really sucks to be in my place.

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Interesting definition for "Bra"

2004-05-14T21:08:00.000+04:00

bra: (n.) a contraption frequented by most post-pubescent females; a device made of steel and wire used to encase the chest area of a female, so as to offer support and to protect innocent passersby from stray laser beams.

Looks like McGyver could have built a nuclear reactor out of that with the help of a chewing gum. ;-)

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Black & white stripes for bipeds

2004-05-14T15:23:00.000+04:00

What's up with road crossing paths? I have to cross the road at least once when I return home from work everyday and that's a hassle! When I wait at a crossing path, the car drivers just seem to think I'm invisible and rush through. They don't even bother to brake when they approach a pedestrian crossing in case someone would need to cross the road. WTF? Even if you do cross the road, they screech-brake their cars and look at you as if they meant to say "Fuck you! You just killed my cruising pleasure!". Damn them.

Next time, I'll get shurikens and drop them on the crossing paths if they don't brake.

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Rebel of a Poem

2004-05-14T12:18:00.000+04:00

Wonder why I dream
I'm over the seam
Looking down to the blur
of my emotions, sober
Without knowing what to fear
be it a gun or a spear
Nor knowing what to believe
in this damn world so naive
I wish I were elsewhere
to get a breath of fresh air
My mind is polluted, so much filth
Nothing can remove, I just writhe
Please spare me from the atrocity
Free me from the burden
I can't take any more, show mercy
For too long I'm mistaken

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Suckers Anonymous #2

2004-05-13T11:41:00.000+04:00

me > Hello Group!
group > Hello Aramis!
me > Work is pretty shitty these days!
me > All I'm doing is use cases and class diagrams.
me > I agree this is only the design stage but
me > it sucks!
me > I want to get coding right away.
group > (...)
me > However, I'm getting over the feeling of sucking.
me > I'm so depressed. Anyone in for a cunnilingus?

My current "I Suck" level : 10/10

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Dang Dang Dong Ding Dang Dong Ding Dang Dong

2004-05-13T08:44:00.000+04:00

Yeah ok you guessed it, that's RHCP and no more guitar playing for some time for me :(
My high E string broke and since I'm broke too I won't be able to buy a complete set of strings before the end of the month. I'm considering either an Ibanez or D'Addario set.

Anyway, I'm so tired these days too that I can't even bother to watch TV + my exams are nearing (next Tuesday) and I have studied shit.

Boo hoo, it sucks too much to be me :(

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Succkage Poem

2004-05-12T15:37:00.000+04:00

What is it that makes me think
That the world is a big stink?
Maybe I'm just too lazy
To get up every day hazy
And drag my lame ass to work
Well yes, i'm a big jerk
All this to say a big FUCK
So you should know how I SUCK

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Life is Sh(w)eet

2004-05-12T14:53:00.000+04:00

Not an inventive title; I was inspired by Chemical Brother's "Life is Sweet" song. For the moment life is not sweet at all for me. Believe it or not, whether you're of the "life is beautiful" type, life really sucks. We're late on a project at work and we have to work twice as hard. Geezz.. this is troublesome. Someday, I'll have to reflect on my laziness and my reluctance to do work (hehe, sounds like inertia to me!).

Level of "It sucks to be Aramis" : 10/10 !

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

Thoughts on "Origins"

2004-05-12T12:04:00.000+04:00

A friend of mine has an interesting post about "Darker Ogirins" that inspired me to write something.

As we all know (or not), the basis of life is pleasure. We feel pleasure when something good happens to us. We feel pain when we are displeased, angry, sad, depressed, hungry, etc. You get the point.

Our present lifestyle has evolved in such a clumsy way with a heavy dependency on money. No Money No Pleasure, No Woman No Cry. Hehe, now you understand my feeling. One is born, goes through the process of learning for one third of his/her life, works for one third of his/her life and retires for the remainder. I have had serious conversations with my mom about money and life that ended up with her being convinced of my insanity!

Anyway, my rant is as follows: Why does one learn? To become intelligent. Why do we need to become intelligent? To get a job. Why do we need a job? To earn money. Why do we need money? To live (who buys your food?). Why do we need to live? I don't know, maybe to reproduce and allow our kids to continue the cycle.

The universe can "live" on by itself without needing us allright. Rocks don't complain or eat or shit or piss or whatever. They just sit there, doing nothing. I wish I could do that - laze all day, without doing anything except maybe eat, shit, piss or whatever ;-) but still earning some dough to buy my food ... and computer hardware.

It sucks to be me, really.

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Friends:
Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil

It really sucks to be me

2004-05-12T10:31:00.000+04:00

[Suckers Anonymous]

speaker > Group, we have a new member, Aramis.
group > Hello Aramis!
me > Hello Group!
speaker > Aramis will now introduce himself.
me > Hi, uhm, I just turned 21, I'm bored, I'm hungry.
group > (...)
me > uhhh... what's up?
group > (...)
me > (...) Ah well, yes - I suck!
group > (clapping hands!)

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Friends:
Rowan -:|:- Dominique -:|:- Amanda -:|:- Aadil