Name: James Backes
Age : 20
Interests : dunno anymore
Location :Back home living with my Dad.
Occupation : Freelance Chef, employed by Apple Computer
Schooling : Graduate of PHHS
Graduate of The CCA

i may be watching:

Metropolis (DVD)
Lain (DVD)
Princess Mononoke (DVD)
Video Girl Ai (DVD)
Tenchi Muyo (DVD)
Armitage III: Polymatrix (DVD)
Did i lend Armitage to somebody? Akira: Special Edition (DVD)
To Heart (VCD)
i finally gave these back to allen,
but i want them back, i didnt really watch them XD

well i got it all fixed! didn't take too long... but i did have to pay for it! frickin 27 dollars... augh.. such is life... my dad also spent all of his vacation money so i had to transfer money to him... needless to say, after buying a cover for my phone and all i only have something like 50 some odd bucks in the account... :'-( but thats okay. i'll live... i did get the job tho.. i'm pretty sure i did anyway... i hope to start on monday or tuesday so yah.. on to the phone tho... another problem... i bought a battery and a clear case, its one of those flashy batteries... but when i put it in, it didn't power up.. so i figured that it was just low... well i take it home and it doesent even work... so back to the mall with me again i guess... gosh i have been there the past four days! i don't mind, just three miles is hell on your legs... well if you ride a bike anyway... darn peoples with cars! or rides... but anyway... thats about all... if you want my number gimme a call on the land line and i'll give it to you , or if you want to im me that works too... thats all....later

well... my day was going great till about half an hour ago...
i got up... kinda late... but still... wandered around and then just flopped down in front of the tv... nothing really good on.. played some RE..died...turned tv back on and then just waited around... around noon i took a shower and got dressed, preparing to go to an interview for a job... went to the mall wayyyyy early. around two... walked around and thought about buying a game or another wavebird... at about three o'clock i happened by the Cingular Wireless thing by Media Play... i was originally gonna play with them... something like, "You have 45 seconds to sell me a phone.... GO!" but i didn't... i did end up getting a phone tho... took a while... more on that later... then i went to the interview...i'm pretty sure i am hired... kinda sad when they are firing somebody and you are taking their spot the next day or so... i don't feel bad about it, just not happy either. anyway.. i'll be getting a phone call or something... so yah... jobbieness!! yay... what else... hrm.... oh.. the phone...
well the first one, a Motorola T193g or something, really sweet phone...(i may get it again... more on that in a bit) small light, and cool.. and technically... free... but besides that... i get it home, its all good... i go to put numbers into the thing.... there are already numbers in the phone... somebody had returned it and they hadn't cleared it... now i don't mind using a returned phone... it was in perfect condition, but when they cant even bother to clear it... that just makes me grumpy! so i try to clear it, but to no avail...so i try to do the factory reset... that also doesent work... i try again.. nope... the code was also set for that person... so i couldn't do that either! AUGH!! so i ask madeleine to take me to the mall so i can swap it... i had called about it before... so we get there... i tell em about it.. and then two of the same phones later, (they all had some form of people using them allreadyness) i just looked at the guys and said, "look, i don't mind it.. .but i just don't feel right not being able to really secure my phone, you know?" they looked at me, and the guy that actually did the selling looks at me and says, "how about a new nokia instead?" i looked at him and smiled... that was a 124.00 jump in price, for free...anyway.. i get it out of the box just to check it... put in my SIM card and power it up... it works... never been powered up before... i reset it after playing a little bit and its golden... sign a paper saying that i took a different phone and was on my way.. new phone and all! get it home... play more.. put in a ring tone or two... curiously enough, i can only do one custom ringer at a time.. i have to look into that... anyway.. i put it "away" for a little bit, letting it charge up and then i go to watching tv again... playing on the computer too... i look at the phone, its fully charged... i play a little bit more... make sure its all good and happy... and i turn it off...then i remember i wanted to check something... so i turn it back on and a thing comes up asking me to enter a code... well, i hadn't set any, so i figure its just it's way of being secure... so i punch in the default code... it then says enter your new PIN, so i do... then it says repeat PIN, i do and it says incorrect input and goes back to the beginning... this pisses me off... i hate being sent in circles like that... so i do it again... a couple more times... then power the phone off.. maybe that will fix it... nope... just does it again... look in the manual... it says that you just have to enter it and it will work, however entering the wrong code ten times in a row will lock the SIM, well i think that since i am getting to the input new pin screen that its okay... so i just keep trying... my SIM is now fried... so i have to get a new one! augh! i think that if they cant fix it in less than half an hour tomorrow, then i am just going to say forget it, my fifteen days are far from up... here you go... have a nice day... don't call me... ever!!
but i'm not bitter, i just hate it when this stuff happens... why cant it be easy?!?! why cant they just hand you a phone with out a sim and just say here, you will receive a bill every month.. mind your calling times! or something!!! why!?!?! anyway... enough with that... i'm tired and grumpy that its not working... (also my brother has the same if not a little older phone, and he gets almost full reception in my house, but i get none at all, with either of the phones i had) hope if gets fixed... and yah... to all those coming over.. the heater is on in the pool so, late night swimming is okay, but still bring a sleeping bag.. and be here around 6 or 7, i dunno what we are going to do for dinner... might do pizza again, we'll see... might just go to safeway and grab some hamburger and make some burgers or something... thats all... hope your day was better than mine!

i just looked... my comments work again!!! WOO!!!

well as always, i am leaving this to the last minuet... nothing new for me... trying like tsubasa, vince, and sano to get a job... however i am having much more success.... try media play the dockers store and EB... they were all hiring when i went in... anyway... that party/sleepover thing... i need to know howmany people to expect... just call me or something and let me know... i dont believe i will be home arround 3:30 cause i have an interview for work... but other than that... gimme a ring...i got the 007 game for cube, i think i said that... but its fun... lots of neat stuff, but the control style is much too much like quake, but ported for a controler... confusing... i'm almost to disk two of RE... on the Jill side of the game... its hard.... damn crimson heads!! frickin poppin up when i am trying to incinerate their lazy butts.... thats about all... trying to get a job. also tryin to play some games... lots of fun.... later all...

well... long weekend... leaving on friday, quite abruptly... my internet was cut off somehow on friday so i didn't really get to say good bye to julie, felt really bad... then after that... LONG trip.... something like three or more hours in a small back of my dad's Sport Track... Jeff and Da Li can attest that its not the most roomy of all automobiles...but for the most part it was a really fun trip... went to Willits California... they have a thing called the Skunk Train.... its fun, riding on a diesel train through the woods to Ft. Bragg.... really neat... lots of cool pictures and such... came home then... thats about all... got home around 7 or so on sunday...
however
while we were gone some ass decided to come and vandalize my brother's car.. they broke the drivers window and wrote "eff" you on the window in the dust... really immature, and stupid... the police wont do anything, but he is going to go get the window replaced... the funny part is, the windows were tinted really dark, he got it in AZ, you need dark tinting... well that made it almost impossible to break the window in the first shot... they ended up smashing the window at least five times.... funny, but not.... the other sad part, they didn't even bother to try to steal the car... or anything... nothing in the car was taken... course you couldn't get into the car... once that model of BMW is locked with the key, you have to use the key to open it... no manner of pulling on the lock handles or anything will get the doors open!! so funny, but sad too...
on to more happy things
well as many of you know... "party" at my house... sorry about the communication problems... should have known that people needed info, i should have just made an e-mail bot or something.... well whatcha gonna do... anyway.. time is 10 AM, sharp! be there at ten, please!! or a little bit earlier... the water may be a little chilly, but its okay... swimming usually goes after.... first things first... play with the Cube... we will play SSBM and maybe watch a movie.. around noon, order foods... will be decided at the party.. i don't know what we are going to have, so don't ask! also bring some money, cant stress that enough... i don't mind paying, but i don't want to pay all of it!... drinks... NO....NO...NO....NO!!!!!! alcohol... while there will be some there... not for us!! it is not mine, i don't touch it... i only serve it. and if you aren't 21, and my parent(s) have said no.. then tough, you don't get any... if i see you behind the bar and i didn't say you could go there.... you gonna be gone... no iffs ands or butts.... i don't want anybody near that cabnit(sp? its wrong i know)... that said... bring some soda... or water... or whatever.. just remember, no alcohol... thats about all.... if you need my number or address... call david, jeff, or vince... julie has it. but she is going to be busy monday, or today whenever... thats all... love all. and have a good day!

i may be watching:

Metropolis (DVD)
Lain (DVD)
Princess Mononoke (DVD)
Video Girl Ai (DVD)
Tenchi Muyo (DVD)
Armitage III: Polymatrix (DVD)
Akira: Special Edition (DVD)
To Heart (VCD)

i could also be reading:

any of the love hina series
the tenchi muyo manga series
some of my online manga's ^_^
hitchhikers guide (non anime)
dilbert and fox trot collections

and some other stuff too...