James Cochran’s Blog

It’s the day after Christmas and I have a ton of stuff I want to get done.  I had planned on waking up at some point and picking up the house and go shopping.  For some reason I woke up right at 8 am which is about 4 hours early for me if you ask the wife. What’s funny though is how much time I waste in a day.

As it looks now I’m not going to finish all the stuff I need to do.  Which basically means the house is going to be messy still and when friends come over later I’ll have to say “sorry about the mess” to which they will tell me to “not worry about it.”

What was originally planned as me going to Best Buy to spend my $70 in gift cards quickly escalated.  I bought Angi a neck message thing for Christmas which turned out to = teh suxor so I have to take that back.  Which means I have to get all the pieces together, find the box, take the batteries out, and pack it all up.  Not to mention figure out what I did with the stupid receipt.  There is nothing to eat around here so I need to either go out for lunch or get some groceries, or both.  I had a Western Digital HDD go out on me the other day so they sent me a new one 2 day air.  That’s nice and all but now I have to pay out of pocket to ship the bad one back.  Which means I have to pack it all up and write the RMA number no less then 45 times on the box.  At least with Apple they have the prepaid easy return labels where you pop the bad part into the same box and tear off the label.  Then I get a text from the wife telling me I have to return her Lego Batman game to blockbuster.  That of course means I need to get on the website to print off my free game rental coupon.  But wait!  I don’t have printer drivers installed yet.  So now I have to find some and install them.  And since I’m frustrated and already on the computer I might as well spend 10 minutes writing a blog post where I just complain and annoy anyone who may read it.

Maybe I should make a list…

I get a daily update on what calls the IUPUI campus police have gone on the prior day or two and some of them hilarious and some of them are crazy.  I thought I might share a few of my favorites from todays email.

12/07/08, 2142 – 2200

08001296   Missing Person

350 N. Lansing Street

 

A student reported he had not seen or heard from a roommate, also a student, for three weeks. The missing student was later located and stated he was fine. He was moving out of the apartment and thought he had notified his roommates.

I mean come on!  You live with these people and they wait three weeks before bothering to find out if you are alive?  I see why you moved out!

10/29/08, 1256

08001159   Personal Injury Accident

Michigan Street / University Boulevard

 

Driver 1, a student, stated she had the green light and was making a left turn onto Michigan Street and did not see Pedestrian 1 crossing the street until she struck her. Pedestrian 1, a student, stated she had time remaining in the cross walk when she was struck by Vehicle 1. She complained of pain to her hip, back and neck and was transported to Methodist Hospital Emergency Room.

This is really just kind of sad.  I’m surprised people aren’t getting killed everyday on campus trying to walk around.  People drive here like its a drag strip, tearing through intersections.  They almost never stop for pedestrians at cross walks.  I don’t know why the police aren’t out doing anything about it but I assume it’s because they make more money walking around and ticketing people for not having a parking pass instead of ensuring the safety of students, staff, and faculty.

I admit, I’ve always had a thing for The Simpsons. I think it’s the obscure references to pop culture that does it in for me. I found their most recent episode one of the best I’ve seen in a while and it’s probably because they mock Apple for a good portion of the episode. During my random surfing in the 15 minute break I have while finishing up my final projects I found the clip of it and just had to post it here for your viewing pleasure. So enough talk, here it is!

This post is way over due. I found it as a draft and I figured I’d just go ahead and post it. Forgive the out of datedness. P.s. My brother and sister in law had twins. That’s four kids now! Yowza!

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. Jason and Katie came down for our second annual Give Thanks to Crazy Fun Weekend. They came down Wednesday which lead us into the third annual night out before Thanksgiving where we had a tasty dinner and then played Rock Band into the wee hours of the night.
Every year we rotate which holiday will be spent with which family. This year Thanksgiving was with the Quills. The dinner was awesome of course and it’s always fun seeing everyone. We were treated to some special news that my brother and sisiter in law are pregnant again with their second child together (third in all)!
Angi’s dad cleaned out their mostly finished basement so we were able to get our some games of pool going and a little air hockey. It also made a great place for all the little ones to run around and scream their heads off at a safe distance from yours truly.
My mom came and had dinner with us which was real nice. She works retail so of course she couldn’t stay all night since she had to be at work before midnight but she stuck it out until almost six. That’s how much she loves me.