What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[REPO Man]

REPO Man & ExedExes: You saw this, right? http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 50#p882450

Use the coins to get San Andreas, it gives you another 2000.

Already spent too many to afford it. Plus it doesn't run on my tablet. Same for GTA3 and Vice City. I think my tablet will run any of the two Gangstar games they have out, but they require about 2GB of data and I'd have to basically erase ALL of my apps and HOPE that it'll fit. Why? Well my tablet's advertised 4GB of memory is actually split between the tablet itself and a 2GB internal microSD card (or is it a miniSD card?), the latter in lieu of allowing one to use an external microSD card (I have a 16GB microSD card), though considering how spotty the port is (most of the time I can't access it and I have to try the old take-it-out-put-it-back-in trick) it's probably for the best, though I wish I could at least install apps onto a USB flash drive.

[Luke]

Six years plus two days ago the person I regarded as my little brother died. Six years plus two days later, it still sucks. I still remember getting the phone call from one of my best friends of the tragic news.

Charles "Ryan" Lutz was an amazing person with all the potential in the world.

Aggressive. Curious. Intelligent. Talented.

Those would be the four words I would use to describe him. The man shared cocktails with Seth McFalrane (however his name is spelled) at a strip club, had Thanksgiving Dinner with Lil' Jon, got Mariah Cary to leave me a voicemail, and helped with a Beyonce photo shoot.

So what?

The point of name dropping is that everyone loved the guy. Celebrities who didn't have time for anything made time for him. I've never met someone more likeable who was also so willing to help no matter the situation. The kid would drop everything if I called him. And as with most friends, our phone calls ended with "I love ya", because I did. Just days before his death, those were my last words to him, and his last words to me were "I love you too Luke".

Like most, I've dealt with a lot of death, but this one will always "put a hurtin'" on me. Ryan was my protege, my "kid brother", and he had so much to offer to the world.

Out of those four words I used to describe Ryan, one killed him. Curiosity killed the guy. Hell, could have killed me as well.

Despite his normal functioning common sense, and like me, the guy had a passion for women. Unlike me, he had a passion for easy women. He wound up living with a stripper in LA, and she used heroine frequently. Well. Ryan used it once. Kaput.

If I'm on a rant I might as well go on...

I met Ryan my Junior year of High school, and he was a Freshman. I was involved with everything "school" and he and I met through some silly play and a Jazz band I organized (I ditched marching band all the time). Not touting, but at the time I was quite the "bmoc" and was awestruck that Ryan didn't have many friends. It was a very "Dazed and Confused" situation where I was the Senior (although I was a junior) and Ryan was the kid who keeps pinching the bridge of his nose.

I invited him to a party, and we became bests instantly. Somehow I even remember that party and slugging him for drinking Boone's Farm.

...some times you can't deliver your message online. You just can't. But my point is that not only did I lose someone special, everyone did.

[ExedExes]

REPO Man & ExedExes: You saw this, right? http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 50#p882450

Use the coins to get San Andreas, it gives you another 2000.

I did that last week, using some coins I previously had, ended up picking up 1400 ($14 in credit) more because of that I had no idea it was still available to get.

[catnip]

Ryan

:'( I'm sorry dude. Sounds like a total baller.

Mariah Carey? No shit. That's... awesome.

[Luke]

Ryan

:'( I'm sorry dude. Sounds like a total baller.

Mariah Carey? No shit. That's... awesome.

He LOVED music. That's how we clicked in high school. Rarely is a time at my, or my parent's home where someone isn't playing or listening to music.

Orb, Aphex Twin, the Prodigy...and those sorts blew his balls off. He became a great producer for great artists but made some very bad decisions.

Very hard but serious reminder that one bad decision can cost you your marriage, your job, and even you life. Very good reminder to think about your decisions.

And I mean every decision. We all make bonehead moves, but we could avoid a lot of them if we thought first.

[KalessinDB]

I assume the Furrtek one? Wow, I honestly thought that was a lost cause. So...he's just really kinda clueless, but not a scammer? I guess that's mostly good news.

Yeah, I posted a little bit more about it on N-G, but yeah. Might not even be all his fault either, considering the tracking number is still "Your package is ready to go. Now drop it off already!" on the site.

[REPO Man]

REPO Man & ExedExes: You saw this, right? http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 50#p882450

Use the coins to get San Andreas, it gives you another 2000.

I did that last week, using some coins I previously had, ended up picking up 1400 ($14 in credit) more because of that I had no idea it was still available to get.

I'm down to 198 coins, and there's a new app called "Tales of the Adventure Company" for $1.99, which means I'm one Amazon Coin short.

[oxymoron]

- Went to go take my assessment test at the community college for my highschool summer class.

- Had to reschedule for later since I didn't have my ID which they never told us to bring. Not in the packet or at orientation. They had one later today but the lady said I should go to the orientation first so she signed me up that instead.

- I showed up at the orientation only to find out that I need the scores from the assessment to attend. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

[Xeogred]

Damn I'm pretty sure I grind my teeth and have a serious case of TMJ going on (probably for years now and just keeps getting worse). Hope I can get to a dentist soon and get a night guard or something to help. I think it's causing a buttload of problems, anxiety and all even.

[Luke]

Damn I'm pretty sure I grind my teeth and have a serious case of TMJ going on (probably for years now and just keeps getting worse). Hope I can get to a dentist soon and get a night guard or something to help. I think it's causing a buttload of problems, anxiety and all even.

My wife wouldn't listen to my suggestion of a regular mouth guard that can be molded at home. She went to a dentist instead. $1,000 later....Just saying. You can get a rubber mouth guard that you can mold to your teeth, within minutes, at Wal-Mart, and it does the exact same thing.

If you want to straighten your teeth, that's one thing, but if you want to stop grinding your teeth at night, $20usd and a half hour can help you out.

Edit* Read this:

http://www.suntimes.com/m/27746004-773/ ... 4iOm3bjPD_

My Sister is "Heidi". And yes, she flew her nanny to Chicago, first class at that, with her because her kids "are too much to handle". Makes me wonder what life would be like if money wasn't an issue.