Brian Immel

Craigslist.com is quite the mixed bag. From shady escort services to shady “new” game consoles, it’s got it all. In fact I even got my current job through Craigslist. I often look around the forsale and wanted sections. Today I came across this. It’s not electronic, but its still shady.

New Girlfriend Wanted The old one sucks..erm the current one

People on Craigslist are so honest, how can you not love them?

Where’s the VH1 Behind The Craigslist Ads show? What’s the story? I’d love to know. I have yet to find the complementary “Boyfriend Wanted, current one is a jerk” post.

Editor’s note: The following was originally written Oct 27, 2008 at 10:46pm. For whatever reason I never published it and left it as a draft (one of many). Whatever, enjoy…

They get bored. Real bored.

I’ve spent a good two weeks on a fresh resume. I’ve sent in apps and sat down on interviews. Everything you are supposed to do when you’re currently looking for jobs. This is because my severance from my previous job resembles the combined amount of cash between your summer lawn mowing gig and that piggy bank you swore you’d never break. It’s not the companies fault. It’s my fault for not working there long enough. However if I worked there long enough I wouldn’t be getting a severance in the first place – but that’s neither here nor there.

Back to the boredom. Because that’s why someone like me has time to write a post on boredom in the first place. Today, Monday, represents the first day that I am not at work. Last Friday was the last day and cliche as it was, I walked out with a box full of crap from my desk. I even dragged my feet on the way out, waiting for someone to start the slow clap, ala the movie Rudy. It didn’t happen.

But what does happen on your infinite day off is this. You discover the world that non-journalist have been knee deep in for years.

For example today I rediscovered Facebook, again, for the first time. That is to say I was all over it like it was four years ago and I was trying to collect more friends that my most hatted college classmate. Facebook is fine and dandy, but once I got over the initial rush of approving the 30 or so random groups and friend requests that I had neglected since January, I literally just stared at the screen like an elderly person who just doesn’t “get” the Internet.

But that wasn’t able to keep my attention long enough. After all that was a mere two hours out of my day in which I had many more to kill. Later I would gravitate to Mario Kart Wii as another solution. I battled with bananas, mushrooms and blue shells to crush my comical opponents in order to sap another larger portion of my day away.

Even later, I would go to the bank to generate an accurate timeline for when I officially would go broke. I walked, you know, because I had the time.

Finally in desperation I read the Internet. All of it.

That pretty much sums up my Monday. Who knows what wild and crazy adventures will occur Tuesday? I’ve got a full day to find out.

Just because it's "official" doesn't mean that it isn't spam.

I’ve never felt so popular before. I recieved a whole bunch of txt messages from AT&T all at the same time tonight. However I was too busy driving to figure out why my phone was vibrating nonstop as it recieved 20+ messages in a row. All of the messages were the same – thanking me for feedback, none of which I sent. It’s like AT&T was flirting with me. Sorry AT&T, the feeling isn’t mutual.

I no ♥ U cause IMO U sux. FYI U need 2 die in fire. no more txt msgs

— Brian

Anyone else get hit with tons of txt messages from AT&T around 8pm tonight? No? Just me. Um kay. Thanks.

UPDATE 2009-01-23: I’m not alone. Read the comments.

Looking back, it was kind of a special day. Today’s inauguration of President Barack Obama shows us all how far we’ve come and how much farther we need to go. You know in the Internet sense.

Today, as I was at work, I was unable to find myself a TV to huddle around. So as I sat in my cold, windowless office pondering if the world still existed outside – let alone a presidential inauguration – I decided to grab some streams online and see what was going on. Here’s what happened.

Worst stream by far! In fairness Hulu was carrying a feed from Fox News. It's not like I was expecting them to work hard to keep that stream going.

Hulu – THE ULTIMATE FAIL

After demonstrating impressive live streaming during the presidential debates just a few months ago, Hulu was my first choice. The player was quick to load and the video quickly connected. However this is where the experience ended.

Although the sound and picture were decent, they were absolutely out of sync. The image on the left was captured during the actual swearing in.

Red flags really went off when I noticed “Obama” looked a lot like Yo-Yo Ma and that Chief Justice John Roberts was apparently speaking through his clarinet. Read the rest of this entry »