May « 2008 « Christopher's Lives (v5.4)

ok, this blog post from my phone should auto-twitter
because some things are just way too long for a tweet.
this should come in handy if it works right.
Posted from my . . . → Read More: ok, this blog post from my phone should auto-twitter
twitter feature wish – linkable tweet collections
just a quick thought here, but it was too long for a tweet.

anyway, I want to be able to select tweets for a group (like the lists feature for people) and then twitter assigns a link to a page with all/only those tweets. for instance, when we went to balloon fiesta – a timeline of . . . → Read More: twitter feature wish – linkable tweet collections
first impressions of my new Gaggia Classic
So, I opened it last night and set it up. There has been much debate about whether to go ahead and open it or wait until Christmas morning. The final deciding factor is that, much as it seems to surprise people, this is my first REAL espresso machine and I have firmly believed it . . . → Read More: first impressions of my new Gaggia Classic
Microsoft MyPhone irreparably messed up my phone (?)
I’m not positive but nothing has been the same since I installed it.
My phone is a Motorola Moto Q9c from Alltel, which means I just now got switched to Verizon. I don’t know enough about phones and networks to know if that would have anything to do with it.

I installed Microsoft’s MyPhone, which is an . . . → Read More: Microsoft MyPhone irreparably messed up my phone (?)
extracts and such instead of syrups on my coffee bar
see, even though my coffee bar is built around budget equipment so i can’t make perfect espresso, i still make better stuff than most coffee shops… better beans, better water, better ice, and much less sugar… when the main ingredients are good, you don’t have to mask the flavor :)

anyway, i stock a dozen . . . → Read More: extracts and such instead of syrups on my coffee bar

my “attitude toward homosexuals”

By christopher, on May 31st, 2008%

i was invited to blog my “attitude toward homosexuals”, so here i go and much of this is responding to his questions and expanding on answers i had already given, so, other readers please forgive what seems improperly segued :P

yes, the bible clearly says that homosexuality is a sin… the bible also lists adultery, . . . → Read More: my “attitude toward homosexuals”

How have you been?

By christopher, on May 19th, 2008%

ok, i get this question a lot and i have never really used my blog for posting stuff about my personal life, but, i’m going to make an exception and give the short version…

yes, i am living in alamogordo, i moved here in october to help take care of dad when they put him on hospice… . . . → Read More: How have you been?

2Timothy 3:16-17

By christopher, on May 5th, 2008%

i wrote this on february 27, 2005 and just came across it on my psion the other day and thought i’d post it here so i can point people to it since i have been referring to the things mentioned in it lately…

here is the original word document for those who want it…

“All Scripture is inspired . . . → Read More: 2Timothy 3:16-17

Christopher
aka Zane, aka insidious_plots, aka jesusfreakgeek, aka ABQChristopher

Life-long movie lover and LaserDisc collector, computer user since age ten, Bible thumper and Jesus freak, coffee snob and hobbyist barista, learning to cook, seasoned fledgling magician, wannabe photographer, reformed drug addict, disc golfer, Psion 5mx user, PS3/PSP enthusiast (but only a casual gamer), amateur nurse, city guy temporarily stuck in a very small town and rarely stops complaining about it…
ya’ know… the usual stuff...

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If you want to know what's going on in my life, reading my Twitter timeline will keep you updated on the day-to-day stuff (and, yeah, I'm on Facebook).
If you want to see what's going on in my life, I regularly post pics and videos from my phone to my Flickr photostream and my YouTube channel, respectively.

(I have reluctantly given up on Zannel for fear of them folding like so many other social media services recently, but I still have countless pics and vids there. And I think my Dashwire and TwitPic days are over.)

I love photography and I also use Flickr to show off my photographs and snapshots, though I don't update it often enough, but here's my personal faves I've taken and here's my faves I WISH I took.

Wakoopa knows all about what desktop software i use, Del.icio.us is where I keep all my favorite bookmarks, and I am always adding interesting news/blog items I've read to my Google Reader shared items.

Mom, Terra, Wesley, and I share a Netflix profile so you can see what kind of stuff we watch. And yes, I own about 350 LaserDiscs and they are all listed on my LDDb collection page.
I don't listen to much music but I go through phases when I look to Last.fm and/or Pandora to try to satisfy my needs.

Btw, people complain because I never use my MySpace and I usually don't even remember I have an account on StumbleUpon and I haven't gone to my LiveJournal in years.

I also own insidiousplots.com, jesusfreakgeek.com, abqdiscgolf.com, nmdiscgolf.com, and baristopher.com.

Aaaand, for years, everything else kind of ends up in the old stuff directory.

I get asked a lot what "my favorite movie is", which is impossible to answer, but if I could never watch a movie again in my life, these are the ones I would miss most at this moment in my life, in no conscious order.
(note: I would not defend all of these as GREAT films - just my favorites, sometimes for personal reasons.)

Primer
    by Shane Carruth
Magnolia
    by Paul Thomas Anderson
Lost In Translation
    by Sophia Coppola
Blade Runner
    by Ridley Scott, Hampton Fancher and David Peoples
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    by Steven Spielberg
Crash (2004)
    by Paul Haggis
American Beauty
    by Sam Mendes, Alan Ball
Moulin Rouge
    by Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce
Punch-Drunk Love
    by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Man Who Wasn't There
    by The Coen Brothers
Garden State
    by Zach Braff