Penguins Judge tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2008-08-15://2 2009-05-28T01:37:30Z Movable Type Pro 4.23-en The Box tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.103 2009-05-28T01:15:27Z 2009-05-28T01:37:30Z Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/
I actually blamed it on the fact that I have been sitting on my computer all the time, in the corner of my apartment.  However, I realized its about much more than that.  I feel like I am "in a box" as far as my career path (and life) is concerned.  

I am in a different environment than anywhere else in the world.  I have transitioned to a life here.  I love it.  However, I am paid crap, and I seem to be stagnate in my line of growth and development at work.  As much as I try and want to move forward, I do not.  

The system would say: transfer... it will help you get what you want.  It will open up new doors.  It is true, but what if it doesn't open enough doors?  What if I get to the point where I realize that I cannot go any farther.  I would have wasted another yeargetting adjusted to a new area.  It makes it even harder to make the decision if this wont work, and if its time to do something else.

Don't get me wrong.  I love the job.  However, the longer I am told "just keep doing what your doing, and it will happen again" the more tired I will get of my current situation.

I somewhat blame this feeling on just sitting around all the time when I am not at work.  Money is preventing me from going out and doing things every day.  But I could --and should-- start going to work-out again every day.  But its hard to get in the habit, and stay in it.  I can do it for about two weeks, then I start making excuses not to go.

I am veering off the subject, so it's probably time to stop writing.  
]]> Fox News Reports tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.102 2009-05-03T02:26:05Z 2009-05-03T02:44:23Z Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/
I don't doubt that the Bush administration received information from torture. I also believe that a good majority of that information was probably bull shit, because they didn't want to be tortured anymore.  

We are told by conservatives that if we don't torture terrorists, we will be attacked... and the terrorists will destroy our country.  But if you think about it, when we allow torture, we do more harm to our country than a terrorist ever could.  Once we start allowing this activity as a country, what will stop us from going farther down the unethical road we are on?  Once we say it is okay to torture our enemies, when will it become okay to torture our own?  When will it come to the point that anytime you say something bad about our government people will show up at your door, and put your head in a black bag?

Torture IS NOT OKAY!  EVER!!  If you are the religious right, do you really think your god would approve?  

I wish the conservatives (and Fox news), would get it through their head, that if they just admitted Bush was an asshole, and screwed up, they might have an ounce of a political chance right now.

Bush started the destruction of our democracies.  He started the destruction of our constitution.  We must stop it.


Do you like the difference in reporting styles?
]]> Hate and Obama? tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.101 2009-03-21T03:13:55Z 2009-03-21T03:15:45Z Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/

What Obama said on the Tonight show was wrong.  But before you go out and attack him for what he said, you might want to look at what you say everyday.  The word "retard" is just as offensive and hateful as anything, and most of us have used that word.  Most of us think nothing offensive when we say it.  I know I have used that word.  Without even thinking about it, I have perpetuated hate and intolerance in this world.   We all do, and if you think otherwise, you are in a dream world.
]]> New Mexico governor repeals death penalty in state - CNN.com tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.100 2009-03-19T04:09:48Z 2009-03-19T04:20:27Z Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/ http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/18/new.mexico.death.penalty/index.html

"New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill Wednesday repealing the death penalty in his state, his office confirmed."


Great news from New Mexico, and another sign our country is indeed slowly evolving into a more modern civilized society.  Just the fact alone that we have executed people who are innocent should prevent us from ever EVER having the death penalty.  

The proponents of the death penalty always use the argument "what if they killed your mother, brother, or lover? Wouldn't you want them put to death?"  I find that argument one of the worst in politics.  We do not have a justice system to make the victims feel better.  We have a justice system so we can provide JUSTICE for the crime, and so we can attempt to rehabilitate (even though this doesn't happen), or if that is impossible, remove the person from society.

We are a civilized society, and an eye for an eye punishment is not what it is about.  
]]> Tumblr tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.99 2009-03-15T19:09:43Z 2009-03-17T00:56:18Z Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/
On a side note, is it every company's goal to remove the "e" on words that should end with "er." Flickr and Tumblr are good examples.  Is this like the new "i" phenomenon (i.e. iPhone, iMac, iPoop)?


Added 3/16 8:53pm:

I have set up the custom domain for Tubmlr, so now you can get to my tumblr from tumblr.penguinsjudge.com. Yay
]]> Skipper Trial Verdict tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.98 2009-02-28T00:08:11Z 2009-02-28T00:13:02Z http://ga4.org/Equalityflorida/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=31265099"Ryan Skipper's Killer Found Guilty Today, Joseph Bearden, one of the two accused killers of Ryan Skipper, was found guilty of second-degree murder and robbery. On March 15, 2007, Ryan Skipper was stabbed 19 times and left to die on... Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/ http://ga4.org/Equalityflorida/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=31265099

"Ryan Skipper's Killer Found Guilty Today, Joseph Bearden, one of the two accused killers of Ryan Skipper, was found guilty of second-degree murder and robbery. On March 15, 2007, Ryan Skipper was stabbed 19 times and left to die on a dirt road in Polk County, Florida. His death is a bloody reminder of the anti-gay hatred faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in our state. Just days ago, a prosecution witness revealed that shortly after the killing, Joseph Bearden, the defendant, said, "He felt he was doing the world a favor by getting rid of one more faggot." The 19 stab wounds that Ryan Skipper suffered are what the FBI calls 'overkill'. That's when the violence in an assault is beyond what would be necessary for a robbery and more than would even be required to take someone's life. Overkill is a key indicator of a hate crime. During his closing statement, State Attorney Castillo said the brutality of Ryan's murder indicated, "hatred, contempt and utter disregard for another human being because he was gay."

Please visit Equality Florida and see how else you could help in Florida.  For a state with such a large gay and lesbian population base in Orlando and a few other counties, we deserve better rights.  We need to stand up for our rights.  If we did, we would have them.

]]> Safari 4 Public Beta tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.97 2009-02-24T23:08:28Z 2009-02-24T23:35:49Z Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/ Loves it.  Safari 4.0 pubic beta was released today.  I have only been playing with it for about 20 min.  But I love it a lot.  The first thing you notice is your new "welcome page" that shows your most visited websites.  It loads these websites, and gives you a thumb view of them so you can pick the website you want to visit.  You can remove the websites that do not make sense on your "top sites" page.  For example, on mine the "approve friend requests" page came up from Facebook.  I just wanted the facebook main page in there, and i removed the others.



Also, when you go and look in your history, you can view it in the famous Apple "cover view" where you can cycle through all of the pages you recently visited, and what they look at.  So if you dont remember the URL or title of the page you recently looked at, you can just pull up your cover flow history.


Additionally, Apple is challenging the Google Chrome browser in a "Speed off" for the fastest browser.  Obviously this is still a public beta, so downloads are at your own risk, but I recommend you download it for your Mac or PC and try it out!!

Update: This browser screams.  It is really fast, it reloads my website in like a half of a second!
]]> "There...I said it. I hope you are HAPPY!: One bright shining moment" tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.96 2009-02-24T06:31:24Z 2009-02-24T06:38:46Z So, I was totally going to blog about the Oscars acceptance speech by the Milk screenwriter.  However, a Dan Lanini beat me to it, so instead I will link to that blog post and insert the youtube video in case... Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/ So, I was totally going to blog about the Oscars acceptance speech by the Milk screenwriter.  However, a Dan Lanini beat me to it, so instead I will link to that blog post and insert the youtube video in case you are the type that doesn't like to read.

http://whatadif.blogspot.com/2009/02/one-bright-shining-moment.html


]]> The Greatest Place on Earth tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.95 2009-02-06T06:56:50Z 2009-02-06T07:08:40Z While I find myself worried about work a lot, every once an a while I get reminded why I work in the greatest place on earth.Tonight, It was two animation greeters dancing in the Animation courtyard to the "dance party" music.  And I laughed,... Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/
Tonight, It was two animation greeters dancing in the Animation courtyard to the "dance party" music.  And I laughed, and said to myself, "this is what we get paid to do."

If you bitch about your jobs at Walt Disney World, you are taking it too seriously. You work for a company that pays you to make our guests happy.  In order to do that, you can be crazy, go all out and have a good time.

It is really hard for me to accept you hating your job when you work for WDW.  You can hate your managers, you can hate your pay rate, but how can you hate your job?

If you do, you need to find that one place, that one thing, at WDW that will remind you why you work here.  Find those two cast members dancing in the Animation courtyard... or the families on the carousel at Magic Kingdom, or the child a cast member just made stop crying.  

We work in the worlds largest playground.  Sure there are things wrong with where we work, sure there are bad people. But if you cant find the good in what we do, then you have no heart.  There is nowhere else on earth you can do what we do, and get a way with it.

I am not sure why I felt like writing this. But as soon as I noticed those two cast members tonight, having a great time, I said to myself, I need to write a blog about this.  It was just one of those moments where things hit you.
]]> 50 random things tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.94 2009-02-03T23:58:27Z 2009-02-04T16:51:04Z So there is this meme going around Facebook, that everyone has been doing.  I am not going to do it on Facebook, nor am I tagging random friends.  I think you should only be tagged in a note on facebook... Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/
So I am bad at these things, so dont hate.  25 50 random things about me:
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    1. I have used Mac's pretty much all my life. My first mac was a Mac SE.  I will always defend Apple products because I love the innovation that Apple has.
    2. I hate bad drivers, and people that drive slow.
    3. I have a secret love for being in a traffic jam on an expressway as long as I have no place to go.  I think they are fun.
    4. I am constantly worried about what people think about me, to the point it sometimes drives me crazy.
    5. I wear ties to work sometimes, but I still do not know how to tie a tie.  Jimmy learned for me, and he ties them.
    6. I lived in Japan for four months when I was 10.
    7. I love animals of all kinds, and hate people who are cruel to them.
    8. I love to Curl.
    9. I have only been to one funeral in my life, and I was very young.
    10. I am very afraid of death.
    11. I had a threesome with two other guys when I was 20.
    12. I technically did not lose my virginity until I meet my current boyfriend Jimmy.
    13. I sometimes think I am always horny.  (what?)
    14. I have 25 mini Figments hanging in my car.
    15. I love to be naked, and I wish I could be naked all the time.
    16. I was paid by my High School to teach the teachers how to use computers.
    17. I tear up during emotional commercials/tv, but almost never cry for anything else.
    18. I think and worry about my current job ending at least 5 times every hour of every day.
    19. I have a thing for cute underwear, and have to fight the urge to buy underwear when buying other cloths.
    20. I often fear I will drive all my friends away just for being me.
    21. I have no favorites.
    22. I hate blood and gore (but love Al Gore)
    23. I hate horror movies, but love Zombie movies
    24. Until I graduated from High School (and probably somewhat into college), I thought I would be a teacher.
    25. I hate big corporations (Except Disney and Apple)
    26. I want Microsoft and Walmart to die.  I think they are evil horrible corporations and should be stopped.
    27. I am more liberal than most people
    28. I volunteered for my senator in Wisconsin (and met him).  Feingold is probably one of the best politicians on earth, and he should have run for president.
    29. Jimmy told me to do 100 of these, so I went past #25 but I think I will probably stop at 50
    30. I am more easy going than I appear, and will put up with pretty much anything
    31. I cannot make decisions.
    32. I feel like I have disappointed my parents.
    33. I was the favorite child, and spoiled when I was a kid.  Now, as adults, my brother is the favorite.  He deserves it too.
    34. I have a college degree in Computer End User Technologies, and could have a job paying between 60 and 100 thousand a year right now.
    35. On my college program, I interviewed for an IT job in Wisconsin, and was their second choice.  If I had been offered the job, I would not be in Florida today.
    36. Up until college, I had told myself I would never swear.  I realized it didn't really matter, and gave up on that.
    37. I am Lutheran, and have not gone to church since I was in high school.
    38. I am a huge supporter of all civil rights causes.  The only people I hate are bigots.
    39. Recycling is my star point on my Showkeeping team.
    40. I have played World of Warcraft.  I dont hate it, but I will never be addicted to it.  I dislike the game, because I feel it takes time away from my loved one (sorry Jimmy!).
    41. I love Jimmy more then he will ever know.  If I could spend a whole day just holding him, and having him close, I would.
    42. I often feel un-included.
    43. I will stick with friends no matter what is happening in their life.  I will do anything for my friends.  Unless they turn on me, and act like an ass to me or screw me over.  I can think of 2 situations in my life where that has happened.
    44. One of my best friends in elementary school stopped talking to me, and every day when I left on the bus, I yelled out the window at him saying hi, until he I won him over.  I think it took 2 years.  He remained one of my best friends until I moved out of Wisconsin in 2005, when I lost touch with him.  :-/
    45. I used to tie my sled to my Dog when I was young, and have him pull me down a large hill/street.  It probably was not safe. 
    46. I cracked my head open when I was like 5, all I remember about the whole situation, was the color of the hospital bed sheets that I got the stitches on.
    47. I was in the Boy Scouts until late high school.  I quit because I had to swim in a pool with my cloths on and I was afraid of it.  The only thing I regret about it, was that I could not send my eagle scout badge back because of how they treat gays.
    48. I was too afraid to be me in college to have any fun at all.  My biggest regret in life so far.
    49. I knew I was gay in late middle school.  I never told a sole until I was at Disney (not a one).  The first person I told was Josh Frost (a friend from Disney).  He in turn, did not keep my secret and told many many people.  I officially came out in a blog on Myspace.
    50. I moved to Florida only because I wanted to find the courage to come out.

]]> Universal Studios Free Photo Booth tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.93 2009-01-31T03:13:34Z 2009-01-31T03:17:00Z I wish we had this at Disney.... Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/

I wish we had this at Disney.
]]> Windows Vista Ultimate tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.92 2009-01-24T05:26:48Z 2009-01-24T05:40:20Z Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/ So, I have wanted to play with windows Vista for some time.  Yes, me a avid mac "fanboy" as some would say, did indeed want to play with the bug ridden vista.

 

So, I happen to get a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate the other day, and decided to try out Boot Camp on my Mac Book Pro.  It works quite well so far.  I did have driver issues (it is still Windows), but eventually got everything to work. 

Vista still feels like windows.  You can tell its cumbersome and clunky.  However, I do think it looks soo much pretier than previous versons, so thats a start.

I have only had a chance to play for like 30 min, because I spent the first 2 hours of Vista fixing the driver issues.  I will keep you posted on what I think later.

]]> Facebook Usernames enabled tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.91 2009-01-22T16:35:25Z 2009-01-22T21:49:57Z You can now comment on this blog with your Facebook username.  Just select signon with facebook.  I am working on getting it to use the facebook user photos, but I have to go eat lunch with Jimmy's mom then buy... Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/
Update: No luck so far.  All I get is a username "?" photo.  Not sure what I am doing wrong.
]]> Headlight Out tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.90 2009-01-22T15:56:10Z 2009-01-22T15:54:08Z So, my car headlight just went out yesterday, before my adventure to Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando. So my plan all along was to replace my headlight today not at 7 p.m. last night.  However, I knew how police worked,... Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/
Turns out, I was correct.  Just as we concluded our night at about 1030, after eating at Sonic, we got pulled over by Orange County police.  He pulled me over on I-drive.  Moments later, before he got to my window, another squad car showed up for backup.  So, at this point, I am in a hotel parking lot, with 2 police cars behind me with both of their squad lights on.  Talk about creating a scene.  

The officer told me he pulled me over because "you were going too fast for this road" and "your headlight is out."  Literally seconds before pulling me over, a van screamed by me at least 10-15 mph faster than me.  The officer had to have noticed, because the van just finished passing me when the police lights turned on behind me.  

So, I was profiled because we had 3 younger people in the car on I-Drive with a headlight out.  Jimmy and I had both looked at my speed, and I was actually going 35, the speed limit for that road.

The officer never told me my speed.  Nor did I get a ticket.
]]> Change Has Come tag:www.penguinsjudge.com,2009://2.89 2009-01-21T18:55:44Z 2009-01-21T19:01:29Z Whitehouse.gov -> Change has come.Already, Obama has put steps into motion to close Guantanamo bay in Cuba. He is off to a great start!Here is a great video from his whistle tour to the Inauguration:... Ryan http://www.penguinsjudge.com/ Whitehouse.gov -> Change has come.


Already, Obama has put steps into motion to close Guantanamo bay in Cuba. He is off to a great start!


Here is a great video from his whistle tour to the Inauguration:


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