Another cruisin shot. 

Cruisin at 62 mph. 

Last Post... for a while.

This is going to be my last post for a while because I am going on vacation with Jenni's family to North Carolina. There isn't any Internet access there so that's why I'll be out of touch. Also, my cell will be out of service.

If you know what this is, this is where I'll be:
N 35 36.142
W 80 14.590

Well, see ya!

I can't help it! Last one!

First, check this out...

I came across this info from a study by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry. Maybe not a good idea to read if it's that time of the month for you ladies though...

Little known fact...............

Did you Know?:

A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that the kind of male face a woman finds attractive can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle.

For instance, if she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features.

However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal, she is more prone to be attracted to a man with scissors lodged in his temple and a bat jammed up his butt while he is on fire.

El Randome (it's spanish for random, really!)

I came across this funny report card. See how your state fares... Here is the story.

Are you serious? They are just doing their job! Well, I mean... what they are doing is wrong... Yeah! Wrong!

Jenni, I hope you're reading this...

Well, that's really it this time. Maybe. I'll put a picture on here next... Till later on!

Me, working hard. Really! Don't laugh! Ahh, forget it... 

Fast All Natural Heartburn Relief!

I love this stuff! I actually never ever get heartburn, I've never got it either. I just eat this as a snack. I like the way it tastes and makes you burp, just little burps. Not BBBBBbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrAAAAAAAAApPPPPPPPPP! It's like "ba-hurp" (soft, English accent).

Well, it's pretty busy at work today, they cut our lunches back to 30 minutes. I better get going, till ne

Warm furry feelings (fuzzy doesn't sound comfortable to me).

Do you ever wonder how many "warm feelings" we have about people, but never tell them? On my way to work this morning, I passed my high school History teacher running. I remembered how nice he was and really got me into learning about History. I wish I could have told him that I appreciated him being a teacher, but you can't when going 40 mph down the road. But that was this mornings "furry feeling." Although, it could have been brought on by the Enya I was listening too... Anyway, Mr. Martel, if you are reading this, thank you for being you, and teaching History. Mr. Martel is a real man of genius.

Without me you're just Aweso!

This post is going to be all about links. I love lynx! I mean links! But I love lynx too! Let's begin shall we!?

Here is a wonderful little bit on customer service.
Excerpt:
“It takes 12 positive service incidents to make up for one negative incident,” Waller said. “Seven out of ten complaining customers will do business with you again if you resolve the complaint in their favor. If you resolve it on the spot, 95 percent will do business with you again.”

I took this test, and this is me:

Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.

Extraversion results were moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.

There are some other cool tests, I haven't taken any, but they are here: HERE!

This is a great little time waster game I came across. I don't even know what's going on though...

Next time your Mom tells you that you waste time and do nothing constructive, just think of the years this person spent working on this!

Do you want perfect sideburns in just 5 minutes?! I do! NoT! But if you do... you know what to do...

I'm actually starting to feel really bad about all these links. I kinda stole them from another blog... but I added my own comments! Yeah, what am I worrying about... More?

Sometimes, this is what those "Share The Road" sections of the road feel like!

Is your hiney sore from that ride 2 weeks ago, but can't remember which route it was? Don't want to take that route again, check this out!

Don't ask me what this is about. SUV's... I drive a Subaru (or my bike...).

I'm so glad I'm not searching... because I probably would be the only one doing this.

Just the coolest of the cool stuff at Sea Otter 2005.

Couch potatoes rejoice!

I need spy stuff too!

I guess that girl I met in the chat room and I aren't going to meet next week...

Read this dude's feedback replies... they are hilarious!

If you call your bathroom your "office" like I do then you'll appreciate how far we've come. Well, the Japanese really, but same difference...

Adopt a penguin. Enough said.

If Jenni rode singlespeed, she'd ride this. Actually probably not, she's not that into pink... I for one would probably ride it though. Just keep it caked in mud...

Someday...

Longest widdle... If you know what that is... Check the rest of the site out too.

How cool does this look! I mean on a sled or something. Read the story too.

You can't tell anyone secrets anymore!

New Mexico... barely better than the old one!

Tired of overhearing needless conversations that other people are having on their cell phones? Click here, read, then print these out.

Boycotting SUV's and dubs since 1997.

I really want one of these! Really!

Now this guy is hardcore!

I would really like to try this...

Well, I have to go. I hope I wasted your whole day with these links. I need to thank my friend Donut Guy for them. They really are awesome links!

Why the glove compartment?

I'm just sitting here on my luch break, listening to, no, Feeling, yeah, feeling, Death Cab for Cutie's Title & Registration and I believe they are right. The glove compartment isn't appropriately named! Well, I'll let you all ponder on that. Visit the link and you can hear a clip of the song on the home page.

3:02

I know, I know, I wasn't going to add anymore for today, but I though of some new things. I think one of the things I can Ebay is my iPod, but my goal is actually to get a new one. Like... I am starting the bidding for my 10GB 3G at $250, so I have enough for a new iPod. But I will enclose some extra things, like an iTunes gift card... I don't know, other stuff too. Maybe this, how about an auction for an iPod related item worth at least $40, and it's a random drawing from me out of items like: iTunes gift card, Apple Earbuds (refurb), iTrip, iTalk, iPod case... stuff like that, but the real goal will be to raise enough money for me to get a new iPod to pursue my photography passion.

I also could probably do one like raise money for college. Or advertise for a company by wearing their shirt every day (after classes) for 1 month. I don't know... Does anyone have any good ideas? Or even ideas that would fit me? Send them my way. I have got to cash in on this!

The summer is going by at a good pace. A litle faster would be nicer... I'm really anxious to get back to school. There's something relaxing about being at school, even with all the classes. I love the environment. You can go take a nap in the prayer gardens, play frisbee in the fields, swim at the aerobics center, get an ice cream cone and walk around after dinner, play UNO in the fish bowl, that sort of thing. Well, I really think that's all I'm going to write for now, getting tired...

College and Chicken Nuggets

I just got my list of classes that I am taking in the fall. I'm in the MMI! The Multi-Media Institute. Here are some classes, Advanced Audio, Media Analysis (The Art of Watching Films), Field Production and Editing, Disc Authoring, and Film Production Techniques.

The software: Adobe After Effects 5.5, Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Director MX, and Avid DV Xpress 3.5. It's going to be tons of fun!

I'm helping run sound in church now. The mixer that we use is an Allen & Heath GL2000. I honestly don't know much about, I just know how to use it.

I have been looking at Ebay recently. Mostly the stuff in the section "Totally Bizarre" and stuff like that. Here are some crazy items that are actually selling: Jay Leno chicken nugget, sea horse chicken nugget, people naming their kid, buying a friend, college student getting help with student loans, and a piece of paper selling for $305. I really need to get on this band wagon! As PT Barnum was rumored to say "There's a sucker born every minute." I'm seriously thinking about starting an auction with food that looks like people or something. There seems to be a market for that.

Anyway, that's all I really got for now, I hope you enjoyed this episode of Scrap Paper, by the way, if you think of a better name, tell me, I can't think of anything better, not that it's the best, but it gets the job done. Anyway, have a great day!

Katie's got a fever, and the only prescription, is beating Dave!

Out of the ordinary (I put it there). 

Old driftwood or something. 

Over the horizon. 

At the beach. 

New and Improved (or at least Cheaper) iPods!

It was just brought to my attention that the iPod Family has changed. No more 30 GB, he went on the South Beach Diet and is now more colorful after going to the beach, you know, South Beach... so he's 20GB now. Then the Shuffle shrunk in price. 512MB is still $99, but the 1GB is $120 with student discount, but there is a 512MB Refurb for $79. Tempting...

Anyway, what happened! Why 20 ang 60GB? This is just another ploy from "the Man" to keep us lowly peons down, away from the upper crust of society! Grab your torch and pitchfork! Whoaaa... let's cool down before we tar and lych Steve Jobs. Remember, he did (and "The Woz") bring us Macintosh. That's my only problem with Apple. They upgrade so fast... prices go down so fast... and that can be a good thing. Like if you never buy anything, you can just sit back and say, "Good thing I didn't buy that iPod a week ago, now it's $100 cheaper!" But if you ever buy anything, you have to just bite the bullet and accept the fact that in 2 months, there will be a new one! Oh well, I guess it's no hugantic problem...

That's all the upset and I can handle for now. Tune in next week for more adventures (This is an old school pod cast, I just type words instead of saying them, keeps bandwidth down...).

Chesapeake City Photography 

Help me!

I found this website, that if I leave a review for some kind of camera or equipment, in my case a camera (Minolta X50), and 50 people find it useful within a month of me posting my review, then I get $100 store credit. This is where you come in. I am going to put a review on the site, then need you guys to just visit the link I supply, then at the bottom of the review, where it says "Did you find this review helpful?" Click "Yes." And 50 people later all my dreams come true! I can get a number of things that would really help me further my photography hobby.

To show you how excited I am about photography, I have set up an online gallery that will showcase my best work. I don't have everything in there yet, but it can hold up to 30. I'll be putting some more on there in the next few days though. Also, I have a Webshots gallery, but I need to delete some of those, change some, ... just update as well.

Anyway, I know it's a lot to ask, 50 people to click "Yes" on a web page... But wait, it's really that easy, you don't have to give your name or anything, just click "Yes" then it says something like "Thank you for..." So, here is a "wish list" of things that I could get for my $100...

1. External 80GB Hard Drive - $120
2. Nikon 10 x 50 Binoculars - $100
3. Compact Flash Card or SD Card

Well, that's just a short list of the stuff I could get. I think I would certainly go with the 80GB hard drive, I could really use one of those for all the pictures I take...

Here's the plan: If you would be interested in helping me (which you all should be), please email me at: mjpetrucci2000@yahoo.com. And let me know you are interested. Then when I post the link on this site, go to it, click "Yes" and we're all set! Please reply as soon as possible, that way as soon as I get 50 people to agree to it, then I will leave the review and post the link. Thanks again!