{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Broken glass sends shivers down my bottle","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/","description":"Broken glass sends shivers down my bottle - LiveJournal.com","lastBuildDate":"Sun, 16 May 2010 08:52:38 GMT","generator":"LiveJournal \/ LiveJournal.com","image":{"url":"https:\/\/l-userpic.livejournal.com\/15455201\/153859","title":"Broken glass sends shivers down my bottle","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/","width":"100","height":"100"},"item":[{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/292479.html","pubDate":"Sun, 16 May 2010 08:52:38 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: I'm off to see the wizard","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/292479.html","description":"

Who's That Girl. How did I love this movie? I remember watching it 6 times when we rented it, but couldn't watch 15 minutes of it a few years ago.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/292479.html?view=comments#comments","category":"writer's block"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/292225.html","pubDate":"Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:01:54 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: Book based","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/292225.html","description":"

The movie of The Dark is Rising still gives me nightmares. Not because it was powerful, but because it was the worst reinterpretation of a book I'VE EVER SEEN!","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/292225.html?view=comments#comments","category":"writer's block"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291917.html","pubDate":"Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:40:44 GMT","title":"now i can post from anywhere","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291917.html","description":"let's see if having an lj blog client on my phone will help\/ me post regularly. do you use a mobile client? i would love to hear about clients you love, especially if they run on android","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291917.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291617.html","pubDate":"Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:41:57 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: If these walls could talk","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291617.html","description":"
Is there any chance of the cast of Being Human showing up? If so, I'M IN! If there's a chance of making out with Russell Tovey, I will sell a kidney to make rent!","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291617.html?view=comments#comments","category":["haunted house","writer's block","spirits","possessed"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291466.html","pubDate":"Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:44:16 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: Here's looking at you","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291466.html","description":"

The whole movie Return to Me. David Duchovny riding up on the bicycle in Italy is pretty special.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291466.html?view=comments#comments","category":["writer's block","open relationship","polyamory","monogamy"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291310.html","pubDate":"Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:38:27 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: Would you talk to the dead?","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291310.html","description":"

Yes, and it was the most craptacular experience of my life. I saw a special on how some of the effects are created, and it was like the seance leader saw the same show AND COPIED EVERY TRICK. BADLY.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291310.html?view=comments#comments","category":["dead","seance","writer's block","ouiji"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291016.html","pubDate":"Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:46:47 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: Life of the Party","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291016.html","description":"

I can make alcohol disappear. It's magic!!!","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/291016.html?view=comments#comments","category":"writer's block"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290623.html","pubDate":"Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:56:32 GMT","title":"Lame, but accurate, fortunes","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290623.html","description":"my fortune cookie from lunch - \"Absence - Makes the heart grow fonder, and the paycheck go lighter\"

Lame

But then, as I'm driving away from the restaurant, I find myself rocking out to Shania Twain's \"That don't impress me much,\" a song I hated forever because of overplaying.

Stupid fortune cookie, making its point through Shania.

All I have to say now is I EAT TOFU TUNA, BRAD!","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290623.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290452.html","pubDate":"Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:50:19 GMT","title":"My blossoming bisexuality","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290452.html","description":"Tom Ford may have turned me bi.

A few months ago, I read an article (Details, maybe?), where he made a statement that every gay man should have sex with a woman at least once, as the experience is quite beautiful and different . . . yadda yadda yadda. I thought nothing about it at the time, but the thought continued to fester. These last few days, I've caught myself looking at women, wondering what sex with her would be like. These impulses are nothing like my regular thoughts about sex (like those ones I'm STILL having about the guy at the gas station last night!), but they persist.

And then I feel like a tool that Tom Ford has affected change in my life. Is marketing really so powerful? Or is it even worse - a hot guy suggested an idea, so I immediately accept it as truth. \/self-accusatory diatribe

So, I'm not boarding the train to taco town, yet. I'm just calling the tourism board for the propaganda travel guide. 1-800-4VAGINA (pronounce vuh-hee-nuh, damn you Jason, Ann, and The Ten).","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290452.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290055.html","pubDate":"Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:51:28 GMT","title":"Glaciers and Lichens","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290055.html","description":"If you've ever seen any of the dvds that make up Amazon's deal of the day<\/a>, you know the subject heading of this entry is pronounced Glass-ee-ars and litch-ins.

Oh, David Attenborough, how you were the bane of my existence through high school, having had to sit through every special you ever made. I would probably enjoy them now.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290055.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290025.html","pubDate":"Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:20:25 GMT","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290025.html","description":"<\/a>effinhipster<\/b><\/a><\/span>

You know you like mocking hipster douchebags. Who doesn't?

Subscribe to this feed. I look at it as the antithesis of Postsecret. Instead of people's true, inner secrets, it's a well of people's superficial, affectatious bullshit. I love it!","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/290025.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/289568.html","pubDate":"Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:52:36 GMT","title":"Apology for Bone-headed statement (yes, it's a reach)","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/289568.html","description":"Dear Bones,
So, yeah, you completely underutilized Mayim the other night. But, tonight, you hit it out of the park! Perfection. Bold risk having a scene that required acting chops on DB's and ED's parts, but they nailed it.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/289568.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/289509.html","pubDate":"Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:02:25 GMT","title":"Picking one with Bones","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/289509.html","description":"Oh for the love of Jenna Von Oy!

How far the lame teen star of yesteryear has fallen. Mayim Bialik guest starring on a crime procedural, and she wasn't even the killer? Playing the homely-looking best friend of a beauty and marriage obsessed C You Next Tuesday, and she didn't even get to be the killer?!? Her part was that of a glorified extra! You see her for 2 minutes, and she has 2 lines!!!

The only thing to say is . . .

WOH!","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/289509.html?view=comments#comments","category":"tv"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/289267.html","pubDate":"Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:21:26 GMT","title":"My A+ Story","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/289267.html","description":"Okay, many have seen my facebook blurb that briefly summarizes Tuesday's drama. Here is the elaboration, to help me remember the lessons I should learn from this \"adventure\".

Planned on taking my A+ exams, both of them, the Wednesday after spring break. When I scheduled, it gave me time to leisurely review the material, since I wasn't terribly worried about failing.

I spent the last half of spring break sick with a head cold, so I decided that I would call Tuesday morning to reschedule my exams, since I was told that I could reschedule as long as I gave more than 24 hours' notice and Tuesday was the first day I was going to be leaving the house, and my cell barely works at home.

I drove to Battle Creek Tuesday morning for school, and before I went into the building for class, I called to reschedule, and I was told that my tests couldn't be rescheduled, AS THEY WERE TODAY. They gave me the number for Prometric customer service, where I got to talk to the poorest excuse for a customer service rep EVER. He made Sprint's customer service look good! I was refused a chance to reschedule, but was told I could place an appeal with the possibility of a refund. Yeah, like Prometric has ever refunded a dime. So, I felt my options were to throw away $300 (appeal process), or possibly throw away $300 (attempt tests).

I make a mad dash home to study for two hours, since home is the same direction as Grand Rapids, where I have to go to take my tests. I have a severe panic moment, when my review reminds me of all the minutiae that makes up a significant portion of the test (The number of pins on an IDE cable can kiss my ass, is all I'm sayin'). I again consider the appeals process, but since I would have to leave the house to file the appeal anyway (no internet), going down with a fight still seems the best option.

Long story short (TOO LATE), I went, I tested, I conquered, and by conquered mean I passed the first test by the skin of my teeth, but passed the second test with a comfortable margin. I'm very comfortable with the testing center now, and am ready to return in a few weeks to take the first half of my CCNA.

Lessons Learned
1. Even if you see someone glance at a calendar when you request an appointment on a specific day of the week, CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT IT RIGHT!
2. Sometimes a head cold, no matter how bad the sinus pressure, is a gift from the universe, trying to save you $300
3. This crappy cell service at home sucks. Consider getting a landline, since you live in the taint of the asscrack of nowhere.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/289267.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288786.html","pubDate":"Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:45:46 GMT","title":"A comment on Lost","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288786.html","description":"I'm caught up, I'm absolutely loving it, but I have one thing to say (and it isn't \"you better work\") . . .

Even dead, that bitch is still whining about Carl.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288786.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288548.html","pubDate":"Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:37:02 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: Gamer's Choice","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288548.html","description":"
Is Crystalis old enough to count? I still love that game.

If that isn't old school enough, I still have a thing for Ms. PacMan, the only pac game I ever loved.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288548.html?view=comments#comments","category":["writer's block","video games","games"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288465.html","pubDate":"Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:21:34 GMT","title":"the frakkin end (spoiler free)","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288465.html","description":"Planned quite a lengthy post about this. Now that I'm at a computer, I'm all eh about it.

Watched the BSG finale last night. I can't say I'm disappointed in it, but it just wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. Reminds me of the season 2 finale of Dexter; when the season was absolute perfection, there isn't much left to do in a finale but wrap up some loose ends.

I've never felt so respected as a fan than I did watching this last season. They answered my questions openly, quickly, and without all the hullaballo that Lost manages to throw in when they finally decide we've earned the answer to a mystery. NOTE: I have not watched any of Lost this season, and I loved loved loved last season. I'm still working through residual resentment from seasons 2 and 3. I know, get over it.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288465.html?view=comments#comments","category":"tv"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288232.html","pubDate":"Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:26:52 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: Taking It Personally","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288232.html","description":"

I've taken the MBTI several times, in different formats. While I have varied at different times in my life, I pretty solidly test as an ENFP. As I age, my E score has become less extreme. The only area that I still score almost completely on is the N. I really really like to know foundations and supporting material. There are no trees for me without knowing about the forest.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/288232.html?view=comments#comments","category":["myers-briggs","personality tests","writer's block","enneagram"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/287801.html","pubDate":"Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:52:19 GMT","title":"suited up","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/287801.html","description":"Turns out the suits were on sale buy one get one free, so I have a charcoal and an olive-brown pinstripe.

Good thing for my tax return, 'cause I dropped a grand suiting up.

Now on to the registration\/application tonight!!!","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/287801.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/287633.html","pubDate":"Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:58:01 GMT","title":"random thoughts (so titled rather than making multiple posts)","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/287633.html","description":"I'm buying my first suit tomorrow. Yeah, I know it's pathetic that I'm 31 and have never bought a suit. I've put it off for years, hoping that I'd wake up thin one day and would actually look forward to clothes shopping. Hopefully, it won't be too hellish. I'm thinking a charcoal pin stripe, classic, elegant. Can I wear a brown belt and shoes with a charcoal suit?

According to an email this morning, today is the fourteenth anniversary of Paul Monette's death. I have changed so much in 14 years, much of it due to Paul Monette's writing. Thank you, Paul, for your beauty and your anger. The userpic is my Monette, named for you.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/287633.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/287482.html","pubDate":"Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:14:27 GMT","title":"When it's right, The Creative provides","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/287482.html","description":"First interview with casino went very well this morning. I got turned around on the way there, was starting to think I wouldn't make it in time, but then I turned on a road that ended at the building I needed to be at<\/b>. Turns out there's a little screening test, but it's basic math, so I kick its butt<\/b>. The final piece of good luck\/fate? My interviewer is a Central grad<\/b>, and we completely clicked. I've never felt this good about an interview.

I think this may destined.

I'm supposed to get an email about round two interviews in the next couple of weeks. I got the vibe that she was leaning more toward making me a dealer than the IT position I was pushing for, but I'm sure I can transfer when I finish my degree in a year.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/287482.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286992.html","pubDate":"Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:04:50 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: Under the Same Sign","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286992.html","description":"

Joan Allen and Connie Chung come to mind, off the top of my head. I think they are both amazing women that I would be lucky to share traits with.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286992.html?view=comments#comments","category":["writer's block","birthdays","celebrities"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286899.html","pubDate":"Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:12:41 GMT","title":"Help!","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286899.html","description":"What's your favorite chapped lip remedy?

Mine is usually Vic's Vaporub, but it seems to be making my recent dry\/chap problem worse.

It's not like I'm planning on making out with anyone anytime soon (unless Henry Cavill is available, over whom I'd dip my lips in acid to get ready), but a boy scout is always prepared, you know?","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286899.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286667.html","pubDate":"Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:54:16 GMT","title":"A bit of fun from http:\/\/www.Gaywisdom.org","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286667.html","description":"The daily gay wisdom email has the occasional gem . . .

1851 - on this date(12\/9), (much to the relief of The Village People 120+ years later) the first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec. We have no idea how cruisy it was.<\/b>","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286667.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286234.html","pubDate":"Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:57:27 GMT","title":"Writer's Block: Gone but Not Forgotten","author":"hapgood","link":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286234.html","description":"

All three of those, plus Dead Like Me<\/i> and Carnavale<\/i>. Both were just finding their voice when they were cancelled. I blame the conservative bent of the country at the time of their airing.","comments":"https:\/\/hapgood.livejournal.com\/286234.html?view=comments#comments","category":"writer's block"}]}}