Sifting through the darkness

2007-07-31T15:45:00.000-07:00

This is AWESOME...

The entire thing shut down for internal audit! Don't let all that mislead you though, people. Don't think that just because they shut the website down that they have compleatly halted all ongoing operations. There are too many time sensitive things going on for that to happen.

And yes, I (admittedly with the help of a couple of more computer savy friends) cracked the admin login on the desktop.

I hope that jackass Eric Lewis gets his ass handed to him.....

2007-03-10T22:30:00.000-08:00

So I went to office today, and no one was there. Which in of itself was not that unusual, taking into consideration that its not open 24/7 and I go in after hours most of the time. I walk over to the workstation I normally use and turn on the computer, and then walk around the corner to the breakroom to get some coffie. Which I do. There was none ready of course, so I rinse out the pot, and make a fresh half-pot. I don't wait for it to finish cause I'm in a bit impatient, so I stick my mug under the dripper/spout thingy to fill it, and then switch out with the pot when the mug is too where I like it. Cream, sugar, walk back to desk. My email program is open. And right there on the screen, is a whole bunch of stuff that I know I shouldn't be seeing.
Ok, aside from the fact that I have classified stuff that I shouldn't have access too, who else is in the building? All I did was turn the machine on so it would boot (win2k takes a while to boot, so this is my normal routine.). I didn't sign in, or launch the email app. This stuff kinda flashes through my mind as I'm looking at the screen. I set the coffie down, and run back over to the front door. It's still locked from where I locked it behind me. I look outside, my car-check, anything glaringly out of place - nada. Ok. So I do a quick run through of the office. There's nobody else there. Who ever did it is either gone already, invisible, or a ninja. And in either of the last two cases, I don't stand much of a chance anyway.
Needless to say, I'm a little flustered at this point. This is all kinds of wrong. So, I unplug the desktop, walk outside, lock the door, and put the desktop in the trunk. Then I walk back, go to the break room and grab some paper towels, and try to clean up my prints. I spend about ten minutes playing Suzie Homemaker before it dawns on me that its probably a pointless task because my fricken prints are all over the place. Walk back out, lock up drive off.
This is messed up. My handler isn't answering. My rountine contacts arn't answering. Even the bartender at my "usual place" isn't here. "Out sick", replaced by the regular barback. No way I'm going back to the apartment tonight. Guess I'm sleeping in the car tonight.

2007-02-21T11:34:00.000-08:00

Doh! I just realized that last time I was fiddling around with the settings of this thing, I must have enabled comment screening. And here I was thinking no one reads this thing. Sorry, it has been turned off, so feel free....

2007-02-21T11:21:00.000-08:00

I had a little suprise waiting for me when I got home last night.
Anyone else get a package in the mail?

2007-02-13T12:21:00.000-08:00

This is getting good! Seems like some High Level folks have gone missing! People running around and shoutng at each other. Chaos abounds! But all in a very quiet, hush-hush, this is confidential information, kinda way.....

Oh man, my sides hurt.....

2007-02-06T19:04:00.000-08:00

More tasty rumors floating around the office today. A little bird tells me that one of the RD's all but flew off the handle and went on a rant about something that Nautonier is trying to do. Even if it is dirty and underhanded, SOMEBODY should sit down an take a few deep breaths, and count to ten or something.

2007-02-05T12:26:00.000-08:00

New developments on the Neurocam website today, looks like they've taken everything down and put up a new video. I wonder if this has anything to do with the "communications blackout" I've heard rumors about......

2007-01-26T07:53:00.000-08:00

I read somewhere that El was in charge of setting up Neuro-Con 07 (I think it was one of Beltains blogs). I think a N.I. convention would be an interesting event....

2007-01-12T14:43:00.000-08:00

Much to my chagrin, I DO have to keep the blog.....
I guess at least ONE person out there reads this.....

Still polishing chairs here, you'd be suprised at some of the stupid questions I get to answer on a daily basis.

2006-12-22T07:49:00.000-08:00

More big changes comming down the pipe....
I've got kinda mixed feeling about them though, I can see what they are after, but I think they are going about it compleately wrong..... Well, on a high note, at least I wont have to keep up this stupid blog.

2006-12-14T16:46:00.000-08:00

So the last couple of weeks I've been waxing chair seats with my ass around the Neuro-office. Ever notice how there arn't that many women floating around the neuro-world? Disappointing for a man of action like myself..... Not many seem to have the staying power for it I guess. I know, you could throw some names at me and say well, so-and-so has been around forever, but for the most part (from where I'm sitting) they sign up. Then do a couple asignments and are never heard from again. Littering the neuro-blogscape with yet another incompleat story.....
But, must keep in mind that the bulk of the N.I. Operatives don't blog. Which I can understand. The only reason *I'M* doing this is because I was told too (Frankly, between you and me, I hate the things. I think that for the most part they are designed specificly to inspire drama in those who are missing it in real life.).

2006-12-13T09:38:00.000-08:00

Merry Yuletide Greetings!

Big things happening around the Neuro-water cooler!
A little birdy tells me someone is threatening to resign with a big project hanging in the air unfinished, if they don't get their way.

I also hear that security needs to be tightend up in R&D....

Beltain - Neuromaster - snicker, I prefer N.O. but thanks for the link..... from the lack of comments I'm thinking most people dont take me seriously.....screw'em.

2006-11-14T12:45:00.000-08:00

Neuroboards fall down go boom!

2006-11-09T08:49:00.000-08:00

Sit'n, wait'n, watch'n......

2006-11-08T14:18:00.000-08:00

I swear that I'm trying to post more frequently. Life is busy, what can I say. Lets see, points of recent interest since my last post...... I've had a couple minor assignments, both "paper" assignments that were quickly responded to after a brief period of thought over how to reply. No field work recently. I'm very much looking forwards to a little more field work. I figure by now TPTB should have a pretty good idea of what my psych profile looks like. Pretty boring stuff really.....

I was actually thinking about making a couple of roadtrips into other districts, and doing something flashy, just to stir up a little trouble. No idea what just yet though......

2006-10-25T16:44:00.000-07:00

In my effort to "catch-up" with what other people have been up to Cam-wise I have been reading blogs. Most of them have been quiet this last week or so, so against my better judgement I went over to check out the "Neuro-bords". I usually don't read them because I get about the same level of information, and entertainment value there as I would by watching a couple of retarded people fist fight. I saw a couple of names there that I remember seeing from "way-back" that I haven't see posting in a long time. So I read them. And I'm pretty sure that it isn't really them. Just another Neuro-troll trying to aggitate the ignorant most likely.

Ya know what? I was about to go off and start writing a long rant about what new recruits need to look for in message board posts, like dates, and time stamps, and how to compare writing styles in messages over time, etc,etc.... But screw it. I learned it the hard way with out getting eaten alive.

Sink or swim.....

I will retract my attitude alittle bit for one exception though. If you are a person who has "mental problems" or are going to therapy, or are taking psychoactive drugs, then go away. This could hurt you. And I for one, am not the guy to help you pick up the little bits of your mind if you avoid this advice. And whats more, I don't particually care to have to deal with you, while you are suffering from a "break down" or whatever.

2006-10-23T16:22:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I was just recently reminded (forceably) that I'm supposed to be keeping this thing up to date. And yeah, its been like a month since i posted anything. But to be compleatly honest, there has'nt been a whole lot going on lately....
The last assignment that I've gotten was a couple weeks ago, and it was one of those psych-evaluation type assignments (the ones that I've allways considered busywork, or "place-holder" assignments). I like to think of those as the 'cams way of letting us know that it's still thinking of us, and waiting for something better to come around.
I've allways prefered the "go out and do something" type of assignments. The sit around and think about "stuff" and write a report about it type get on my nerves. Aside from the wondering if anyone is actually reading them, I can't help but to wonder if I'm answering in the right manner. If I dont know what the rules are, how can I still get a good grade?
That sort of takes me back to when I was actuall reading The Magus. I kept on thinking to myself "Why the hell would he do THAT!","What kinda people actually THINK this way?!", and "If that was me, I'd sure do it differently....". Of course, that was pretty early on in my 'cam career. I really hated that book. But now I know why. That doesn't make me think that it is any better than I did before, I still think its an awful book. But figuring out SOME of the rules makes swallowing the rest of the guff a little easier.

2006-09-22T15:26:00.000-07:00

Busy week with the cover job this week. Nothing real exciting, just lots of the boring grunt work sorta stuff. Got a couple of family birthdays to go to this weekend, so its going to be light-next-to-nil Cam duties for me this weekend. ( My writing style may make me come off like an Ass sometimes, but I am a very family oriented type guy.) So after work, its off to pick up some gifts. I have no idea what to get though. They are both for young ladies, and I am SO out in left field as far as what is in fashon in the way of girly stuff, its not even funny. (after all, I AM a big manly man).

I suppose it would be frowned upon if I were to present my niece with a brand new shiny socket set.....

2006-09-07T12:39:00.000-07:00

Press'en da flesh and kiss'en da babies.

Dragoncon was interesting. I have to admit that some of the costumes that I saw were really cool. But then on the other hand there was the 250lb young lady dressed as a vampire, that struck me more as looking like a big human tick. I can't belive the time and effort some people put into those things when all they are going to get out of it is a free pass for the next convention.

Reading had me passing out pamplets the first two days, which was cool with me because while I was doing it I found a guy selling fake passes, and got one for ten dollars. The pamplets look sharp, I've never seen anyone do pamplets before, I kept a couple for myself as keepsakes(evidence). Inside are a sticker (www.neurocam.com/get out of your mind) and a business card(black with red print same as sticker). I think the sticker is a good idea, even if they dont apply, odds are they'll still put the sticker somewhere. All in all, this was a good thing, becuase I love to people-watch, and I certainly got an eye full.

Armed with my fake badge I roamed around a bit and handed out pamplets to the usual suspects. Walked through the exhibitors hall, and dealers rooms (picture every dinky little comicbook store in the world all crammed into three big rooms and you get the idea).

Well, enough of this for now, I have stuff to do, if anyone is interested then leave a comment or something.

2006-08-30T16:30:00.000-07:00

I've been drafted.

I have to go to a science fiction convention and work the crowd for Reading. Could be worse I suppose, I could have to go mucking through the sewers for Lewis again. In that light, pressing the flesh with the geeks and wierdos doesn't sound to bad. Public work is always fun. Maybe I can even figure a way to get Reading to let me expence dinner. MK would have been fine with it, he'd even ok the drinks. Don't know this Reading fella though. I'll have to scope things out and see how much rope he'll give me(He said, knowing that at least ONE of his bosses will eventually get around to reading this, wink wink).
That means I get to break out the mask again. That will be pretty cool too, getting to run around masked in public. Normally thats against the law. Maybe I'll just make a new one.

2006-08-24T08:48:00.000-07:00

Well, nothing new on the truck yet. They've had it for 2 days now, and havent been able to figure out whats wrong with it.... It's probably some kind of computer chip type thing. Its a '91, and putting computer chips in cars was all the rage back then, but they wernt very good at it yet...

2006-08-22T13:49:00.000-07:00

When it rains, it pours. I get back from the job de'jour around 9pm, jump in the truck, all looking forward to a little R&R, and the damn thing just quits on me at a stop sign....
I hate mechanical stuff, luckily my roommate was home, and He does that sotr of stuff for a living. So he comes over to take a look (an hour later, in the dark) and we come to the conclusion that it must be something electrical. So I call fow a tow truck, another 45min goes by. Then I finnaly get to head home for a little food and some rest....
what a night....

2006-08-21T09:11:00.000-07:00

Clean up work in Nash-vile this weekend.
Eric Lewis is still a prick.
If there is a "Higher Power" anywhere that truly exists, I am befuddled as to why it continues to let that man breath.
He should trip and fall down... an elevator shaft... and land on some bullets......

2006-08-18T11:19:00.000-07:00

You know, I can't help but to wonder why they have given me an assignment like this... I mean "post about your ongoing experiances with NCI".... smacks of another recruitment attempt to me. Not that I have anything against the neuro-newbies, its a good thing to have an injection of fresh blood every now and then.... keeps things interesting... whats anoying are the one who want everything handed to them, all wrapped up in a nice neat little bow. the ones that think that everything can be summed up, and read linearly like a novel or something. The history of the cam is out there, you just have to teach yourself how to read between the lines, and you have to build yourself a "garbage filter" to sort things out with. and you have to remember that every thing that has happened, has happend to real people with their own interests, and motivations, and intra-personal relationships and not all of them get along with each other.
Do a little research, its out there...

2006-08-18T08:13:00.000-07:00

uuhhhhhh......my poor head.........

2006-08-17T14:40:00.000-07:00

So....

Another Neuro-day another Neuro-dollar..... Working full time for the Cam has a tendency to wear one out. The pay sucks, but the benifits are questionable......

I've spent most of the day working for one of Lewis's crews. Without too many details, lets just say it was a dirty filthy job, and Lewis is a prick.

I'm gonna go home and take a shower t try to wash the smell of pinesol out of my hair, then I'm going to go and initiate a drinking contest between me, myself, and I, just to see who wins. I'm putting my money on the table. I'm betting on me, myself. I don't think I have a chance. I'm gonna drink myself under the table.....

It's Thursday, those who are looking to find me know where I'll be.

2006-08-11T23:33:00.000-07:00

GAAAAH!!!! I've been miss-linked!
this guy -> http://tremonti.blogspot.com/ linked to my blog , but put me down as "Applicant".....

Little does he know that I am actually, the Neuro-master! muahahahaha!
(lightning)(thunder)

But seriously.....

Perhaps the world would be a better place if people would make sure thier own masks are firmly in place before they start picking at the strings of others.....

2006-08-08T18:30:00.000-07:00

So, there I was, there I was, there I was, DEEP in the heart of the Belgin Congo. Ass deep in alligators......

And the scary part is.... I never knew they grew gators in the Congo......

My Uncle is a gator fan.... me... not so much..

When it comes to football, I prefer gin.....

2006-08-07T15:54:00.000-07:00

Hi,

So, getting started..... Let's see, ummm..... I signed up for this thing called Neurocam, it was all spooky, and mysterious and stuff. So I said sure, I'll join your crazy cult....