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[25 Apr 2008|12:48pm] [ mood | bitchy ] Dammit, why do some Chinese restaurants serve "Shrimp in Lobster Sauce" as shrimp with a delicious black bean/egg white sauce, and some as shrimp in pasty egg drop soup with undercooked carrots and peas? With the black beans it's likely my favorite Chinese dish, the other I despise. Is it a regional thing? 10 users connected | jack in

[21 Apr 2008|11:10am] [ mood | pissed off ] DAMMIT. The turbo on my car just ate itself on the way in to work this morning. It's going to be at _least_ $2000 to fix it. EDIT: I just had it picked up by Graham of AutoSport Engineering. He used to work on the Prodrive and Lancia WRC teams. He's got direct factory hookups at STi. I think he can handle it. 5 users connected | jack in

[18 Apr 2008|02:23pm] [ mood | hungry ] Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their fellow man. Make me a sandwich. 3 users connected | jack in

[17 Apr 2008|10:40am] [ mood | relaxed ] I have a comfy new chair at work, and I swear to god the thing was scented before it was shipped to avoid that lovely silicone-lube-and-plastic-residue stench that usually accompanies new naugahide/metal furniture. It smells like ginger green tea. Awesome. jack in

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[09 Apr 2008|10:24am] [ mood | amused ] I find it hilarious that I've been playing so much Orange Box that when I see a lock on a chainlink fence door, my first thought is "do I want to waste time switching to the Gravity Gun or waste a shotgun shell to blow it off"? 2 users connected | jack in

[25 Mar 2008|09:40pm] [ mood | silly ] STRAFTANZ!!!1 also MAMBO!!!1 1 user connected | jack in

[21 Mar 2008|10:02pm] [ mood | amused ] ( NSFW! ) 2 users connected | jack in

[10 Mar 2008|10:04am] [ mood | CAKE!@*($&$$ ] There's no sense crying over every mistake You just keep on trying til you run out of cake And the science gets done And you make a neat gun For the people who are still alive. 1 user connected | jack in

[27 Feb 2008|04:47pm] [ mood | COCKS! ] 7 users connected | jack in

-=[TONIGHT at CITY CLUB]=- [02 Feb 2008|04:05pm] [ music | 16 Volt - Cables & Wires ] Tonight DJ ArcSine spins aggressive, gritty tracks that will beat you in to submission. As always strong drinks pouring, hot bodies dancing, your requests spinning and movies playing. Haven't been out in a while? What the hell are you waiting for? 400 Bagley, Detroit MI 2 users connected | jack in

[28 Jan 2008|08:30pm] [ mood | nostalgic ] [ music | Northborne - The Pill (Unter Art mix) ] Two new favorite bands: Northborne and Client. Two rediscovered favorite bands: Die Form and C-Tec. 6 users connected | jack in

[27 Jan 2008|12:35pm] Oh, and my old MySpace came back yesterday. Argh... 3 users connected | jack in

City Club playlist - Friday 1/25 [27 Jan 2008|12:31pm] [ mood | accomplished ] 1/25/08 - Leland City Club 10:00 Gothsicles - NESFeratu album 11:00 - DJ ArcSine Meat Beat Manifesto - Asbestos Lead Asbestos Pop Will Eat Itself - Everything's Cool Die Warzau - Pig City Einsturzende Neuabuten - Sand Kill Memory Crash - Come Alive Lords of Acid - I Must Increase My Bust *Nine Inch Nails - Happiness in Slavery Steril - Overgod Faderhead - Bassgod And One - Deutschmaschine Die Krupps - Power *Stromkern - Stand Up (Army of Darkness mix) Chemlab - Exile on Mainline (Extended Dance Hall mix) Grendel - Hate This (Northborne mix) Funker Vogt - Evil's Birth Labwrk - Parasite 12:00 - DJ MD Birthday Massacre - Red Stars *Out Out - Admire the Question (Naive mix) Combichrist vs Justin Timberlake - This Shit Will Bring Your Sexy Back Panzer AG - Machine Gun Go-Go Anders Manga - At Dawn They Sleep Aesthetic Perfection - Schadenfreude Assemblage 23 - Binary (B&W mix) Noisuf-X - Hit Me Hard Reaper X - Junkie (Club mix) Pre-Emptive Strike - The Menacing Planet *Switchblade Symphony - Sweet (Apoptygma Berserk mix) *Tones on Tail - Go! *Nine Inch Nails - Head like a Hole *Siouxsie - Cities in Dust *Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko *VNV Nation - Chrome (Modcom mix) Client feat. Douglad McCarthy - Suicide Sister Neuroticfish - They're Coming to Take Me Away XP8 - Bleed & Shout 1:30 - DJ ArcSine *Noisuf-X - Hit Me Hard (Reading the request list before the playlist mix) Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat TH Industry - Scream *Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (Newcastle is a DJs Best Friend mix) Royskopp - What Else is There (Trentemoller mix) Fisherspooner - Emerge (Daft Punk mix) Goldfrapp - Twist (Jaques lu Cont mix) *Pigface - Sick Asp Fuck (Full Gimball Club Edit) *Hanzel und Gretyl - Komm zu Uns Rammstein - Stripped (Charlie Clouser mix) BiGod20 - Like a Prayer *Miss Kittin and the Hacker - Frank Sinatra Beborn Beton - Another World *Apotheosis - O Fortuna Underworld - Cowgirl My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Sex on Wheelz God Lives Underwater - Fame Then I left and took that part of the playlist. Stay tuned for 3:00-close from DJ MD. 3 users connected | jack in

[24 Jan 2008|06:33pm] [ mood | infuriated ] Still no estimate on my car, but I did create a new MySpace profile. My old one might come back, who fucking knows, but MySpace tech support hasn't done shit yet. Please go here and make with the add. jack in

[19 Jan 2008|03:11pm] [ mood | relieved ] After three trips to Best Buy, two trips to Lowe's, a dozen phone calls, a bread knife, kitchen shears, some hair clipper oil, a can of air, some electronics degreaser, three sets of nylon screws/washers/nuts, forty bucks and a little panic, my computer has finally stopped making that horrible "oshi the processor is going to overheat, set fans to kill!$&*$&@*#" noise. Note, the LGA775 heatsink mounting pins suck cocks. I swear they were designed to break if you ever try to remove them. I cut through them with the scissors and knife and replaced them with the nylon screws, which work fine and exert plenty of pressure once I found the right diameter. Oiled the fan motors I didn't replace (video card, processor) with the clipper oil after degreasing the shit out of them to get the dust out of the works. Processor is now at a delightful 87F, mobo thermistor reads 114F. Also, the Antec-branded fans at Best Buy have shitty RPM indicators, one of them says it's spinning at 170,000RPM. 3 users connected | jack in

[17 Jan 2008|09:40pm] [ mood | drunk ] FUKUI-SAN! From down on the floor, go Ota! Today ArcSine is using the beer to marinate today's secret ingredient, liver! Looks like that's a Stoudt's Scarlet Lady! That's a mighty fine beer, I'd love to have one after the show. OK, back to you Fukui-san! 2 users connected | jack in

[17 Jan 2008|02:04pm] ( Why did George W Bush cross the road? ) 4 users connected | jack in

[31 Dec 2007|03:08pm] [ mood | pissed off ] Fuck you, System Center Essentials. Fuck you in your puckered little butthole. I want all of your balls to die. DIE. DIE! 1 user connected | jack in

[28 Dec 2007|11:21am] [ mood | frustrated ] MS System Center Essentials, you've won our contest for having the best installer package! Go here to claim your EXTRA SPECIAL GRAND PRIZE!!! 1 user connected | jack in

[10 Dec 2007|07:24pm] So, computer-minded folks. Have any of you run in to a problem (especially in the last month or so worth of MS hotfixes) run in to an issue with spotty SMB connectivity? Small files open and save OK, but the larger they are the less likely they are to open/save. Also, printing is affected. This happened when I changed the IP of the fileserver, which is also the DHCP server, DNS server, AD BDC, &c. I put it on the new firewall, and hooked it up to a switch that has it's uplink connected to one port on the firewall, and the workstations are on the other switch/uplink port. The IP of the server is 192.168.101.101, the DHCP scope for the workstations is 192.168.100.110-199. Help? 4 users connected | jack in

[07 Dec 2007|06:15pm] [ mood | silly ] [ music | Straftanz - Straftanz Süd ] You'd better go to City Club tonight, 'cause we're going to be doing a lot of this: uNF. That is all. 16 users connected | jack in

City Club playlist - Friday 11/23 [24 Nov 2007|11:54pm] 10PM Manfactura - Presence: Into the Here and The now 10:55 - DJ ArcSine Meat Beat Manifesto - Acid Again Clock DVA - Soundmirror (Reflected) Die Warzau - Pig City Doll Factory - River of Light Non-Agression Pact - Blown Livid Cleen - Freezeout * VNV Nation - Joy Evil's Toy - From Above comes Sleep * BiGod20 - The Bog (Shot mix) Spetsnaz - Apathy Combichrist - This is my Rifle * Ohgr - Pore 1,000 Homo DJs - Supernaut * Nine Inch Nails - Sin KMFDM - Juke Joint Jezebel 12 Midnight - DJ Meta * Rob Zombie - Pussy Liquor * Hanzel und Gretyl - Trance Planet Vortex * VNV Nation - Epicentre Imperative Reaction - Giving In to the Change Ayria - My Revenge on the World * Ladytron - Destroy Everything you Touch * Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion * Depeche Mode - Pain That I'm Used To Blaqk Audio - Stiff Kittens (Assemblage23 mix) Rotersand - I Don't Remember * Switchblade Symphony - Sweet (Apop mix) Dismantled - Anthem (Rotersand mix) * Taktical Sekt - Xfixiation (SITD mix) Modulate - Skullfuck (Combichrist mix) Suicide Commando - BTK * Combichrist - No Emotions This Morn Omina - One Eyed Man C/A/T - Smashed * X Marks the Pedwalk - Facer * Underworld - Dirty Epic Pop Will Eat Itself - Everything's Cool Goldfrapp - Twist (Jaques Lu Cont mix) 2AM - DJ ArcSine The Fair Sex - Not Now, Not Here * Pigface - Sick Asp Fuck (Full Gimball) Gruesome Twosome - Hallucination Generation * Juno Reactor - God is God * Suicide Commando - Hellraiser (VNV mix) * Razed in Black - Oh My Goth! * And One - Wasted Revolting Cocks - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy * Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Sex on Wheelz * And One - Military Fashion Show BiGod20 - Like a Prayer Hanzel und Gretyl - 9D Galactic Center Rammstein - Stripped (Charlie Clouser mix) 3AM - DJ Meta * Out Out - Admire the Question * Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat * Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko * Faderhead - Dirrtygrrls/Dirrtyboooysssdkjsdgjhsdg Mesh - Crash (Collision mix) * Imperative Reaction - As We Fall (Bunker mix) Noisuf-X - Hit Me Hard C/A/T - Shoot To Kill Taktical Sekt - Not Entertained * Brudershaft - Forever (Virtual Embrace mix) Schallfaktor - End of Love (Wynardpage mix) 4AM - DJ ArcSine Acumen Nation - Fuckface *Cruxshadows - Marian 4:10AM - DJ Meta Keef Baker - Derbyshire Dark This Morn Omina - The Ninth Key Wumpscut - Wreath of Barbs (Slaughter) And then we made with the g'nite and the g'ome. See you next Friday for more sonic mud in your eye. jack in

Everything else is weaksauce. [21 Nov 2007|08:41pm] Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Thanksgiving Eve @ the Leland City Club City Club is the only club spinning industrial open past 2 a.m!!! Drink specials all night as well. Hope to see you there! jack in

Starting tonight @ City Club! [02 Nov 2007|08:32pm] Starting tonight, DJ Meta steps up to Resident DJ every other Friday, with guest DJ's on the other Fridays, those DJ's to be announced soon. DJ Jon Pohl also returns to City Club as an alternate DJ! Fridays are free from 10pm-12am with the secret number (hint: sign up for the mailing list to get the number every week!) After 12 admission is $4 $4.00 PITCHERS OF BEER ALL NIGHT !! $2.00 WELL DRINKS BEFORE MIDNIGHT !! (drink specials are friday only) Saturdays will continue on with DJ J9 and DJ S@iN+, with admission being $2 before 11pm. Look for free passes around town very soon! Check out the new website and visit the forums: http://wwww.lelandcityclub.net jack in

[24 Oct 2007|09:11am] [ mood | sad ] RIP, Jiji. 15 users connected | jack in

[05 Oct 2007|10:53am] [ mood | hungry ] YESH PLEEZE 4 users connected | jack in

[20 Sep 2007|09:30am] Back from my AWOL, I'll consider it successful even though there were some screw-ups and letdowns that made the trip a little daunting. Things learned: PLAN AHEAD, I can't just undertake a major project and rely on my instinct to save me. Would've saved myself a lot of time if I had done my research beforehand. STICK TO THAT PLAN, waffling back and forth only fouls up both options. GET A CEL PHONE. If I don't get my Blackberry in doublequick time once I start the new job, I'm very inclined to just get one myself and have it billed to them. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE DOUCHINESS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC FANS. Especially "electronic world music" fans. Double for slutty ones. Heh. No, that doesn't mean you Pat, it means the slutty chick from ESL. PAYING QUADRUPLE WHAT YOU HAVE TO FOR A HOTEL IS TOTALLY WORTH IT. Loud-ass high schoolers, rusty showers, "opening shortly" business centers, and useless, rude concierges are irritating. Irritation is why you're paying for a hotel, since you're taking a vacation. Save up first, and pay the big bucks. DC AND PGH ROCK ASS, BUT HAVE SHITTY ROADS. Cleveland I can take or leave, but it's fun. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame can be condensed easily in to an hour of going "holy shit that's Joe Strummer's guitar, holy shit that's Ian Curtis' handwritten lyrics, holy shit that's..." THERE ARE GANG SYMBOLS IN THE BATHROOMS AT THE SMITHSONIAN. Seriously. "I'm intrigued by the differences between a jet, ramjet, and scramjet. Now hold still while I pop a cap in your ass. Then I'm going to go next door to the Lincoln Memorial and have me an Olde English." A good time was had, and now it's time to wrap up and get ready to be an IT Manager and make decisions for a 40-person company that has people in big, dangerous planes to keep track of. 2 users connected | jack in

[16 Sep 2007|01:49pm] [ mood | groggy ] Off on my AWOL, in a downtown Pittsburgh Kinko's right now. For future reference, a school bus in the parking lot of the hotel you're thinking about staying in is an IMMEDIATE RED FLAG. I went out to Chamber last night and stayed until last call. This morning at 9AM, 100 teenage assholes came shouting their way past my door and dragged their suitcases down the metal stairs right outsite of my door. When I went to get my "free continental breakfast" (coffee and frosted flakes), I had to wait until they all filed through. I should've just stayed upstairs and used the coffeemaker in the room, but I wanted to make them aware of the repercussions of their actions by sitting there half awake and generally dissheveled, sucking coffee and giving them the dagger eyes. Now, on to Pittsburgh, which is a really pretty town so far. Then DC (probably) for two days, then Cedar Point, then home to start the new job. 10 users connected | jack in

[31 Aug 2007|11:06am] [ mood | productive ] REAL ULTIMATE POWER!!!11 2 users connected | jack in

[27 Aug 2007|04:24pm] [ mood | amused ] Whatever you do, do not, under any circumstance, let them read you poetry. 3 users connected | jack in

[17 Aug 2007|02:02pm] [ mood | amused ] LAWL. 7 users connected | jack in

[29 Jul 2007|12:22pm] [ mood | accomplished ] DJ ArcSine setlist - Axis of Evil Bloomington 7/27/07 *Cracow Klezmer Band - Regalim Funker Vogt - Siegeszug Haujobb - Radio Active Sheep on Drugs - X-Lover God Lives Underwater - Fame Tristan Shout - We Are All Made of Dead Stars (Moby vs Covenant mashup) Labwrk - Parasite Sister Machine Gun - Sins of the Flesh Birmingham 6 - Thunderstruck Chemlab - Electric Molecular (KMFDM Death Before Taxes mix) Wumpscut - Thorns (World's Biggest Prick mix) Pankow - Me & My Ding Dong Killing Joke - Democracy (NiN mix) Massive, ginormous thanks to carpe_jugulum and willowperson for their hospitality, and to m_saint for the offer. I had the time of my life! It was fantastic to DJ again, and to be included with such talented folks (freeze_etch included!) was an honour. Looking forward to doing it again some time! 4 users connected | jack in

[25 Jul 2007|11:32am] [ mood | old ] jack in

[17 Jul 2007|09:50am] [ mood | anxious ] And holy shit the crowd has a sense of humor. I'm totally busting out the World's Biggest Prick mix. Toot toot, everyone aboard the cockboat! 10 users connected | jack in

[13 Jul 2007|09:34am] [ mood | irate ] Fucking Home Depot. I started the order for my blinds over a month ago, and THEY STILL HAVEN'T ORDERED THEM. I should have had them up several weeks ago, but instead they've decided to let their incompetence continue to impede me from sleeping past 9AM in my new house on the weekends, not to mention nekkid time. First, they spent two weeks promising that they were going to work on a price match for me until I finally told them to just forget it, $140 is worth getting them off their asses at that point. Then, they finally get the measuring guy out. He tells us that since our upstairs windows are 1/4" too shallow, we can't have the blinds we want upstairs. Fine, whatever. So we stop by a Home Depot while we're running around doing all the errands that come with a move, and the guy there acts personally offended that I would be so stupid to think that they could communicate with other stores about our order. So more time is wasted until I can get to the store where I placed the order, which is now a lot farther away from where I live. I pick out new blinds. That was a week and a half ago. Last night, some fucking goon leaves a voicemail for me that I didn't get until after the store was closed. "Uhh, the cellular shades you ordered can't be ordered with a tilt rod, do you still want them?" Think for a second about cellular shades, google them if necessary. DO THEY TILT? NOOOOOO. Why then, would I want a tilt rod, and why would I not want them to place the goddamn order and get them in my fucking house already? The blinds would've been in my house A MONTH AGO if they had done their jobs. Now, it's very likely that I'll have to push the install back another week because we won't be in town when they come in. Mother shitter, son of an ass. I won't get in to how the water heater dumped it's contents in to the basement carpet or the towel rods falling out of the wall. 15 users connected | jack in

[12 Jul 2007|09:42am] [ mood | schadenfreude ] The unspeakable malevolence of the PIE. 3 users connected | jack in

[02 Jul 2007|10:38am] [ mood | bored ] Successfully holed myself up in the office down the street for the next two weeks while the plant I'm normally at is shut down for maintenance and such. The PC here SUUUUUCKS (which I expected), my machine back at my desk has been shut down (which means I can't termserv to it and use this cracker jack PC as a dumb terminal), and the only coffee is out of a vending machine from the 70s. I pushed "Rich European Roast" and got a cup full of hot water, creamer, and sugar. No coffee. Now I don't have any singles or change left for a real coffee nor the initiative to venture out from my new hidey-hole to get some from a fast food joint. Bah. 2 users connected | jack in

[25 Jun 2007|03:15pm] [ mood | exhausted ] ( Moving: the long story ) 10 users connected | jack in

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