Fire Exits

So I am was walking in school the other day and saw a fire exit sign glowing red. So I don't understand this. All my life, I have been told the following

• If you are in a fire, get on your hands and knees to avoid smoke
• Smoke Kills, not the heat of the fire
• Smoke Rises
• Follow the exit signs to safety
• The Smoke is so thick that you won't be able to recognize your own house.

So what I don't understand is why are the fire exits on the ceiling? Fire starts, and you get on your hands and knees as the building / room begins to fill with smoke. You look frantically for the fire exits but don't see them.. So you can A hope for the best and try to find your own way out, or B stand up and search for a fire exit and pray you see it before you die from heat or smoke. Not to mention, God forbid you are in a building without lit fire exit signs, you just get the old school painted ones...

Seems like to me that the signs should be closer waist level or better yet embedded on the ground. Or we can use light strips on the ground like the plane has. Just doesn't make sense to me.


-Me

The world she is a changing...

So its been a while since I have posted, for this I apologize. I have been working on my masters thesis non-stop and I can see the end!! I get to defend my final thesis this upcoming Monday, at 11am, after that I am finally done with school!!! Its a bit terrifying thinking about being self sufficient and becoming 'matured'. Oh well, I guess that is just how the world changes, I know I am not the first person to have thoughts like this, nor will I be the last, but still... terrifying.

So, on the first of June, I go back home to Buffalo with all my worldly possessions. Then on June 4th I move to White Plains (location is still unknown) where I know nobody :/ and start my new job on the 16th. I am all about adventures, and this by all means will be one ( I still don't have permanent housing ), and once I get that housing, I have no furniture. All I have to my name right now are my toys ( 360, Wii, misc other fun things ), books, clothes and technology ( computers, monitors, TV, etc.). As of right now, I have just bought the domain www.constipatedkoala.com, so that should work to get you to my blog in the next few days ( once the nameservers kick over ) Aside from that nothing really new in my world, just same shit different day. After this Monday, I will get to sleep, and eat a real meal and play some video games which makes me happy. Hope all is well with you guys!


-andy

Sooo long story short I was at the GDC, and we were leaving one of the sessions and we saw these furries outside of the conference hall, and I looked at my friend, gave her my phone and said, press this button and keep it on me. She did, then as I walk to them you can hear me say... "Alright, fuck it .... here we go" help me out by digging here: http://digg.com/comedy/Andy_vs_Furries or watch the movie here, then go and digg it!

Dear Tim Hortons

Dear Tim Hortons,

Let me first state that I love you, you are wonderful and your treats are generally delicious. However, the reason I write to you today is to notify you of some knowledge your employees might be lacking. I have worked in food industry, and do not get me wrong, it is no treat. You get dumb people that don't understand, smart people that think they are better than you, fat people ordering sticks of butter and thin people 'getting stuffed' off some crackers. So I feel your pain, however you need to become less dumb yourself. I go to Tim Hortons at least 2 times a week, sometimes more. Now I realize that getting a coffee with two creams and two sugar is a pretty complex order, but somehow I probably get the correct beverage 1 out of 5 times. Just the same, when I order a bagel, I would say 2/3rds of the time it looks like a drunken monkey raped my bagel then rather than toasting it just farted on it and served it to me.
Don't get me wrong, this is not always the case, but good lord, its not that hard. You cut the bagel, insert in to toaster, spread cream cheese on it and give it to me, there is no point where you need to make more than 1 or MAYBE 2 cuts. So thank you Tim Hortons for giving me delicious bagels, but you can go f*&# yourself for not being consistent with such a complicated order as a coffee and bagel.

sincerely
me

Odd...

So it turns out life everyonce in a while throws you a new lesson... Yesterdays lesson was do not go running / jogging on the treadmil with 'skater' shoes. Grant it these are the most comfortable shoes I have ever owned and I love them (Vans), they are not good for running.

That being said, I thought I would write about my meeting with Pearl. Her real name is not Pearl, nor do I know her however she struck me as a person who would have such a name. As
I was walking out of Jitters to my car this woman drives up in her 2008 "mid life crisis car" (I think a cougar convertible) and asks "Excuse me young man, do you knwo what this is..." and points to her dashboard (by the way, she is at least 90 years old). Upon further inspection it turns out her hazards are on. I told her that and she just stared at me like a dear in head lights. I then told her that she needed to push the button that she first pushed to get the hazards on... deer in head lights... I then told her to look for an orange triangle and push it. She just acted like I told her that I not only gave birth to a cow, but then raised it on my own, sent it to the Moon for after school work, then slaughtered it and consumed it myself, all in a 2 week time span. I then looked around and found it on her dash, and told her "It's OK, just push that..." She did, then looked happy said thanks and literally peeled out. It was odd... I think she might have stolen it. God bless you Pearl, you provided me entertainment!

De-Motivational

Sooo... I love 'De-motivational posters', and thanks to Despair.com So I am starting an on going collections of pictures that I find on either the BBC or CNN websites and turning them in to the posters. If you are easily offended please don't read them, it is NOT my intention to offend you, truly. I just find them to be funny / ironic / sad(for humanity). That being said here are the first 4 I have made in the past month or so...

Jackets

So, I realize people like to do 'their thing' and be 'cool' however I unfortunately have a news flash for you. People who wear their jackets / coats with ONLY their hood on NEED TO STOP. This happens when someone takes their jacket with a hood and wears the hood normally, except the rest of the jacket is not on their body. No, instead it is flowing behind them as if it were some type of cape.

Now I know what your thinking, "No Andrew, no one in their right mind wears their hood like that anymore, lest they are not mentally right." I would agree with you, except I work at RIT (a tech school), and the lab I work is full or nerds. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge nerd myself, however there is a line between 'socially acceptable nerds' and 'lets wear my jacket as a cape nerd'. Or even a great combo of wearing the 'cape jacket' on top of a back pack, so not only are you a mentally deficient super hero, but you also have a humpback.

If you are one of these poor individuals please... for the love of all things holy stop wearing it like that. It was not cool back when you had your starter jackets in the early 90s, nor is it popular now. Either commit to wearing the jacket, or just take the darn thing off!

Leopard part 2

Leopard == great, somethings I would like to change is when you change spaces say from 1 -> 3 that to gain focus in Firefox, the application firefox has focus but not a particular screen. Maybe I am just screwing up something but oh well. Aside from that everything seems to be going well. I had a scare when I started up the external drive (where my backup of everything was, because I was planning on doing an 'erase everything and re-install') and the thing wouldn't get recognized by leopard. I fought with this for about 45 minutes, before it finally worked. The amount of BRC (Blood Rage-ahol Content) was through the roof. Alas, everthing is working now so I am a happy camper. Everyone have a great weekend and happy Easter!

Oh Leopard...

I just got Leopard, and installed it to find out that I did it wrong... So now I get to do it again!!!! Oh well stuff happens. So I think I will take this time to do some sketches and just unwind a bit maybe go grab some coffee and People watch at borders or something. If you see me don't hesitate to say Hi, despite the beard I am very friendly :D

First Entry

This is my feeble attempt to blogging more and more. So this website will be updated as much as I feel like it. If you are wondering about the name (constipatedKoala) I just always thought this would be a funny name, so here it is. I look forward to hearing back from people with thoughts and comments. Have a great day!