Sweat Dreams are made of These

I had the most awesomest dream ever!  I went and got the amil and there was an envelope there that said “You Won!” I was immediatly like “YES!” and i started to jump up and down right there in front fo the mail box and one of my friends walks up out of nowhere and said “What’s with you?” so i siad “I won!!!!!!!”  he then said “Oh great, you won again.  Why do you always beat me at stuff like this?”  I still didn’t know what i won, so i went back to my house and i opened the envelope up and it siad, “Congragulations, you ahve just won a one week vacation to Dubia, United Arab Emerates and will be staying in the Burj Al Arab!!! Included with this pacakage each of your family members gets a $10,000,000 shopping spree.”  I literally run upstairs, and didn’t touch a single step on the way up.  I told my dad and my mom and my brother.  They were all escatic.  Sot he next thing i know i was on a plane that had six decks and was basically a flying hotel tht you couldn’t check out of until the plane was on the ground.  So then we get there and i go to the hotel, it was actually the real hotel as seen in all fo the pictures.  When i have dreams abouto this type of stuff, it is useally some rundown place that is like the motel 6 right next to it.  But in this drea, i was actually there.  So i walk into the lobby andf there was a massive rave dance on the lobby floor.  then i looked up and i saw the rave dance on all of the decks of each level.  i walked up to the desk and i got my key, and belive it or not it was a key made by Master Lock.  They said i couldn’t get to my room because they were having a massive rave dance on the lobby floor that extended to the decks of each level.  So this must be what rich people do, I thought. But i was wrong becuase as soon as i got on the floor to dance the lights all came on and the managment came out and started to chase everyone out andn i looked at them asnd they were all bums.  The clerck said that it was Rave Dance Friday and they let all of the bums in to enjoy the show.  so then i go up to my room and i open the door and we had an aquarium and the first room was entirley blue and dark.  then you go into the other room and you look out and all you see in the ocean from the uhge floor-to-cieling window.  This was the bathroom.  Apparently if your that rich, you don’t care that anyone sees you using the bathroom.  then i walked into the other room and it was all old American style and looked like the white house, or some fancy villa on the east coast.  that was the master bedroom and it had a library and a swimming pool in the library.  The next room was my room and they had made it into a space simulator and there was no gravity.  so i started to float around.  and i slept and didn’t get to see the other rooms.  i woke up in the lobby on the floor, but this one was the second lobby. it was the lobby to the drivein boat theater.  so i got on my yacht that they gave us and io watched a movie there.  then i went to go get some dinner and each table was on a different level so it was very interesting to get to my table which was over in the corner and it was the highest.  after that i got a new camera from Canon that was an orb that took a picture of everything around the orb.  it was kind of cool.  but then after that the alarm went off and i woke up and looked up and the white ceiling and the hole ciovered walls filled with posters.  i was awake and i realized that i was back to my boring old life.  Owell iit’s good to dream dreams

I’m back

Sorry for no new posts for a while.  I have lost intrest in WordPress because I can’t put WAVs or mp3s on my website so you can’t listen to my beautiful music.  So this may be my last post on this site because i will be getting my own domain. then y’all can go to my site and listen to my music.  it will be mattfelton.com.

But anyway since my last post I backed my truck into a 2002 Mercedes Benz CLK320.  Don’t worry my truck didn’t even get scratched.  Fortunatley there wasn’t much damage to the Benz.  It probably will not be enough to get the insurance involved.  the guys mom told me to go roll it over a couple of  times so they could get a new one.  Of course, why owuldn’t i want to go roll a Benz.

My First recorded Song

It’s not my first ever recorded song, but i have all new stuff…ish. Although the computer is a dinosuar, the mixer is new and the monitors are new and the mic is new and the amp is newish.. but it’s all new to me. I have recorded before, but on a system that i knew like the back of my hand. I used my nieghbors system and i know it well, but this song has set a good benchmark for what i should kisten for and how i should set everything on my system. But for the first time on this system it sounds really good i think. I was a bit libral with the high end on the drums, so you can’t hear much kick. The bass needed a new EQ but i didn’t because it was 9:00 at night when i recorded it and i was tired and wanted to get it over with. I could have turned the rythm guitar down a smidgen and over all turn the whole thing dwon because at parts it clips a little, but not very bad. Also i could probably turn the solo down just a bit. And i could also take the time to record it several times and play in time with the drums, but i just did this for a demo of my system. For the first product to come from my system, i think it sound pretty good. but if onyl i could show you but i can’t i just found out because WordPress doesn’t let you upload WAVs. well darn.

Rest in Peace Penelope

You’d have to know the story, so i’ll tell it to you. I’m am in Advanced photography.  all i do is sit on the computer and waste time.  There are about 20 hand-me-down Dells that are ancient that makes up the photo room.  Right now i’m using an Optiplex GX150 that has a partitioned hard drive that is 20 gigs.  only 10 of those are accessible because who ever partitioned it only made half of it accessible and the other half to run the OS.  But anyway.  These computers are just about as good as used Geo Metros with 500,000 miles and a stench of death and coffee.  Everyday some computer always crashes, kills itself, or doesn’t start, or doesn’t detect the keyboard and press enter on the non-existant keyboard to continue.  It’s just a matter of time before all of the computers are infected with some terrible thing.  The OSes have been installed probably forty times.  At the very beginning when we first got the computers, we had to name them.  We chose old lady names.  there is always something wrong and most of it comes from loose administrator settings and abusive people.  They download everything they can get their hands on and get most of it from spyware.com.  But there are a couple of exceptions.  The teachers computer is pretty good, and the one i use is pretty good too.  I take care of my computer by taking off all of the spyware that the people from the other classes put on every day.  It’s name is Penelope.  Every computer had some  with ti but this one.  It was the sole survivor.  I thought it would last for the entire quarter, but today when i sat down to use it there was a login box that said administrator on it.  This has happened to the computers before that have loads of spyware, and the teacher has to come and login.  He came over and typed in the password.  It didn’t work.  he tried it again and it didn’t work.  The password had been changed! 

I know a guy who works in Work Based Learning and goes around and services all of the schools computers.  when ever he comes into the photo room he tightens the security.  on one computer he made it so you couldn’t right click on the desktop.  He probably changed the password.  So we tried to restart it and retype it in, but it put us in safe mode.  when the teacher tried to change the password back, it locked up and so the password is still whatever it is.  and knowing the guy who changed it, it could be just about anything.  So 2 days before the semester ends, the computer is deemed useless and is included in all of the crippled computers.  The one computer that was tough enough to survive died at the hands of a computer tech person.  I am writing this on a different computer and i am not liking it much because it’s not MY computer.  it’s not much fun.  It’s like driving a car that isn’t yours, or using someone else’s bathroom.  It’s not right!  So now for the rest of the semester i am forced to use this computer that sucks and can’t fit a lot of stuff.  It’s either that or sit and be bored without a computer in front of me.  I guess i could use another computer around the area, but they are usually taken by the time i get to class.  it was as if everyone knew that Penelope was my computer and it was just waiting for me to use it and make my day by freeing my mind from the constraints of school.  It was my best friend in the class.  We understood each-other.  This is getting a little weird, but just go with it.  Using this computer is like using the soap in a restaurant bathroom.  So now what?  I guess i’ll write to my readers using this computer.  So if you notice a difference in my writings, it’s because i am using a computer that is not familiar.  It’s kind of awkward.  Like when you are talking about something you don’t like and the person you are talking to says “I like that though.”  It’s weird.

300!

I’ve reached a milestone!  I just checked my odometer and it said 99700.  Do you know what this means?  This means that I have only 300 more miles before it roles over.  from now on i will be saying 300, 299, 298,297…. and so on until i reach one.  After that i want to take the top off and cram as many people as i can into it, so many that the springs are fully compressed and go the last mile.  although this will not be the first time this has happened (the odometer rolling over, not everyone in it), this is the first time it’s happened with me.  This is probably the fifth time it has happened.  But it  is still awesome.  when it reaches that magic moment i will take a picture of it at 99,999 and then at 00000.  Unfortunately it is not the original engine.  That would be cool if i could say that i have gone 500,000 miles on the original engine.  That would prove that Chevy lasts.  The original engine was a 400.  It was replaced with a 350.  this is a good thing because there were no water jackets between the cylinders because the pistons were too close together.  but there are water jackets  between the cylinders on a 350.  this makes it easier to rebuild the 350, and it’s better for performance.   This engine probably doesn’t have 100,000 on it.   It is a very new engine.   This month I’m going to get it ready for paint.  this includes patching all of the rust holes  by getting another truck and using the body parts off of it.  This i have to fill all of the smaller holes and all of the uneven places where there are dings and dents.  Then sand the ugly green off of it, prime and sand, and prime and sand, and prime and sand and prime and sand and prime and sand and prime and sand and prime and sand and prime and sand and prime and sand.  Then it will be perfect.  but wait, there’s more.  i have running boards, which i purchased at a silent auction for ten dollars that i’m going to cut up and make fit.  after that i’m going to buy a bunch of steel tubing and make tube bumpers and a brush guard with KC Daylighters on it with a Warn winch.  The KC Daylighters are 100,000 candle power a piece.  then I’m going to paint it black on grey.  The I’m going to paint the wheels and get new tires and it will be dandy.  But that probably won’t be until after i reach 99,999 miles.

Auburn Boattail Speedster

This is a new habit that I hope to form. I am going to write about some rare, and old luxury car once a week, or month, which ever happens first.

The Auburn Boattail Speedster is a roadster that once anyone with any knowledge of old cars looks at will know exactly what it is. It is one of the most beautifuul cars ever built. They were luxury roadsters that came with ragtops to keep the interior dry, and a v-12. The feature that stands out the most is the fenders, especially the rear ones. they are almost completely detatched from the body and are held up by only a sinlge tunnel that houses the axle and the axle travel. They were first made in 1928 and went until 1939. price ranges span from anywhere from $50,000 to $450,000 for pristine ones. They are incredibly rare, especially for a real and origional one. They were all hand-made so the value increases. They were a sign of class for those who survived the depression. The style that a Boattail had was space age at the time. There were chrome pipes that came off the side of the engine bay wall that attached to the front fenders. These were not just for looks , they were the intake for the engine, also the cooling system. The front fenders are also detatched from the main body in the back and for a point. This car can be seen at any Concours De’ Elegance show r any highclass show like that. several people have made custom Boattials such as Chip Foose’s. This is the one that is my header image. The Boattail is by far one of the most beautiful cars there has ever been.

Scorpions on a Plane!

I was listening to the Bob and Tom show and they were talking about how a guy on a plane from Chicacgo to New York was stung by a Scorpion.  He was bit in the leg and then it crawled up his leg and went dow his other and bit him in the shin.  This is apparently the second time this has happened this week!  The scorpion got on the plane in Texas and went undetected for two flights.  The other ncident was in Toronto, from Toronto to Sacremento.

This is the return of Eddy Kim!  What will he think up next?  Now he’s putting scorpions on a plane, next probably bees, or Siafu ants.  That man is a dangerous man.  Where does he get these animlas from?  both of the people were okay and didn’t die, but they were licky one of the really poinsonous ones didn’t get ahold of them.

NEW TVS!

i got a new TV.  It’s not really a new TV, but it’s new for me.  A guy downt he street was trying to get rid of his old TV so he put it out on the street and put a for free sign on it.  Under the sign was a note that said works after five minutes of warming up.  This was my TV.  It’ s got a wood box and about an 18 in screen.  Also it sits on  base that swivels.  i had to get it.  so i went with a friend of mine to go get it and got it and left.  If i don’t like the tube, I’m going to pull it out along with all of the TV electronics so then I’ll have an emtpy box.  then i’m going to get an 18” speaker cone to go in there and turn it into a guitar amp or a sub, or a monitor speaker for my sound board.   I’ll make the speaker unpowered so then i can get a speaker amp.  Hopefully a Crown, but that’s a LOT of money, and i don’t have that much.  Mostly this is jsut wishful thinking.  Or i could turn it into a computer monitor, no thats a stupid idea.  Maybe i’ll just turn it into a paper wieght, or a shelf.  That would be cool.  but it woudl be really cool to turn it into a sub, or an amp.  i can picture it now.  i would get a speaker, and an amp head, probably Line 6, Fender,  or Berhinger.  i would mount the speaker and then take the head apart and only use the mother baord, if that’s what you call it, and throw the case out and mount the electronics where the TV electronics are now.  then I’ll put a di box in it and mount the board.  I’ll put a pience of wood over it for the face piece and try to find old style knobs or, just use the ones they come with and either etch the wood to label the knobs or write it our with sharpie.  it will have aux, line, stereo and mono line outs and ins.  It will have a built in effects pre-amp.  It should be able to connect to the sound board.  I’ll call it a TV amp and trademark it and sell it for millions!  But the beautiful part of this whole thing is that it swivels.

Factiods

Well here I am in another fun-filled photography class of me doing nothing.  To fill my time today, I’ll spew out usless trivia i know about old TV shows.

-The writer for A team, also the guy who directs and produces it, never has his scriptes edited.  HE was such  a good writer, apparently, that he never had the scripts edited for stupid lines.

-on the A-Team B.A. Baracas was played by Mr. T.  The only way Mr. T would play the role is if nobody died in the script.  He promised to his mother that nobody would get killed in any show or movie he played in.  So consequently, the only thing that happens in this show is Hannibal takes a .50 cal SAW and shoots the place up, but nobody dies.  too bad, that’s a lot of fire power to waste on walls and pop cans.

-Loretta Swite, who played Margret Hulahan in M*A*S*H*, tried desperatly to leave the show several times and almost left, but she was bound by her contract.  Personally, I would’ve walked out and said good bye.  then i would’ve found a job doing something besides acting.

-The Cosby Show rarely went  by the script because Bill Cosby usually improvised and went off on wild tangents, but still was able to keep the show going.  It was hared for the other actors to keep a staight face wth his backstage antics and onstage antics as well.  this is probably the cause fo the huge success that the show had.

-The Dukes of Hazzard totaled a total of 457 1968 Chargers.  it got to the point where they used old clips of chargers jumping over rivers, or being destroyed because they were going through too many chargers.  There is no ONE General Lee, it was destroyed in the pilot.

-The bar Cheers in Boston is an actuall bar.  There’s a real bar named Cheers in Boston.

This is pretty much all of the trivia on old TV shows that i know.  i don’t know where i got it, but i got it from somewhere.  it’s a pretty good time waster.

Out with the Old in with the New

This is the first post on our new computer. Sorry Mac people, it’s a Dell. but it’s a really good Dell. 320 gigs! Couldn’t tell you how fast, i can’t find the specs sheet, and have had no desire to. It’s a Dell XPS 410, if that means andthing to you. Too bad it’s not a Mac, but you can’t have it all. MY next computer will definatley be a MacBook regualr or Pro. anyway the only thing i remember off of the specs sheet is the 320 gigs. My mom origionally wanted a terra-byte. I didn’t even think they had those yet. I didn’t know they existed, but apparently they do and apperently they want you to have it for a long time and not woory about how much space you have. That’s kind of impressive. a terra-byte. Wow! you cuold put WOW on there several times! just hink of the possibilities. unfortunatley i don’t play WOW.