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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 28
Sign: Leo

City: Albuquerque
State: New Mexico
Country: US
Signup Date: 3/21/2004

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Thursday, December 03, 2009 
A penny for Kevin.

A 42-day layover with not much to say. I'll sum things accordingly:

It will be March before I hear of Graduate school acceptance.

I appreciate a plethora of hours at work, but know they'll be few and far in between come February.

I will be visiting Omaha soon, friends, family, and festivities abound.

I still whip ass on Newgrounds.

The writing of Evil Alliance 3 will commence in January 2010.

The internet has many games which cure idle boredum.

I consider 2009 to be the Last Hurrah for tendencies over the previous decade.

In the end, credits will roll.

The Last Time: Closin' up shop ;p
Friday, October 23, 2009 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_(number)

My, my...

Five weeks comes and goes. WHile this site had little activity, great many a thing occurred elsewhere. October seems to be special month...usually where conflicts come to a head. An accident in 2007, a previous money pit in 2004, an educational beatdown in 2002, and a near breakdown in 1996, 2009 proved to be trouble along similar lines. I avoided a financial DOOMSDAY.

Within a period of a month, all of the student loans I had accumulated over my three bachelor degree campaigns were set into repayment. With moderate totals in the mid 5 figures, this would spell almost certain disaster while in limbo in regards to possible grad school. The repayment would have bankrupted me within a few months. Fortunately, the economic circumstances allowed for an avenue to dispel such perils. It wasn't until earlier today I learned the paperwork for my change in repayment allowed for an annual deferment, renewable at the end of each year.

I did have a back-up plan with a hardship deferment, but that would've been far more difficult to prove given the nature of my job. Although I may meet the requirements for that deferment, I won't have to resort to it (it would've meant taking on another month's payments). But, scrapping for hours has motivated me to to take advantage of opportunities around my store, further relieving my situation.

This change, albeit making me more exhausted week to week from 6-day work weeks, will allow me to visit family and friends in Nebraska once again, but a couple weeks before the actual holidays due to blackout dates at my store. Which means...no New Year's parties :( Perhaps, if I have the day off, I can hit a bar, but work will probably fill my time. Oh well...pick your battles where you can. I spent NYE 2001 alone, I can do it here. Hopefully I won't receive a wave of drunk-dials >:(

In other phases, health is good with good diet, moderate activity, and keeping a stable weight. Stress levels are down, so that's a plus, too. As for the net..only two more blogs till my account here is marginalized to music viewing. I may lock or delete the archive. We'll see. Evil Alliance-wise, I may hold off writing till the start of the new year while I refresh from the intermediaries. However, I am beginning to progress with scene developments when I daydream/sleep/get bored. Fantasy football and its other games are a bit of a struggle, two leagues are up, while two others are down. The pick'em leagues are tough, but that's what happens with upsets. Aside from completing the archive, being an uncle for the first time, and hoping for the best in regards to my grad school apps, not much else to report.

Next Time: Death to Turkeys
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 
Nice color of text....

Episode IV
Completing the Trilogy

It is a period of economic turmoil. Human Resource Representatives, striking from hidden cubicals in many civil and military installations, have instantly and easily defeated Kevin Burke's many job applications and interview attempts. During the severence of feelers, Mr. Burke's educational spies managed to construct secret plans to the knowledge absorber's ultimate weapon, graduate school, an upgraded experience system with enough power to destroy the vast majority of competition. Pursued by the Economy's jobless time wasters, the ever-persistent Mr. Burke races in his tiny sports coup, custodian of the documents needed to enable him to utilize graduate school in order to restore his sanity and build the next phase of his life, writing manuscripts while keeping a career job...

[lol@lucas' use of 4 dot elipses...which have no actual use whatsoever...way to edit there]

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Yep, I got the CV and letters of intent complete and edited. I'll probably fine tune and change up my writing samples since I've done better project since I printed the previous ones out. Other than that, only the online applications themselves stand in the way. I should have the apps in the mail by October 1st. 

Evil Alliance wise, I should also continue the 3rd manuscript. This will fill the void left by all the damn video archiving I've been doing lately. That should also be finished at the end of the month.

Fantasy sports wise, entered 4 football leagues, pro & college pick'ems, salary cap football, and survival football. Fantasy golf ends this week, looks like I'll hit the 89th percentile. Things are looking odd, especially with the upsets...reminds me of 2007.

That weirdo who does all the dumbass 1950s shit at the laudromat is as annoying as ever. *instantly and easily defeats the future Dick Cheney from 2074 in the atmosphere of Jupiter*

I AM AN UNCLE I CAN NOW FULFIL MY ROLE OF BEING THE WEIRDO UNCLE WITH UNUSUAL STORIES TO TELL...well....in the year 2022 anyways (more on this in the final bloggie)

Health wise, still at the low 250s, but I seem thinner and am visibly stronger...oh well, the built-in life preserver (or is that death-ensurer) is shrinking. 

Net wise, why hasnt the webz eaten brains yet? As they say in culinary school...you got to get a taste for it, first!!!

Not much else to report on except I no longer have spending money thanks to the target 401k. I'll probably merge it with my other when I leave for unscathed meadows. Have two concerts, static-x and skinny puppy left to attend this year. TIme to up the miser levels.

YES I HAVE ALREADY BEATEN YOU AT EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING...instantly and easily, of course....

*end El Fin trilogy one*
Sunday, August 09, 2009 
Another brief passage amongst the digital crickets.

A fair amount to cover, so let's get started.

The first question is: Why the fuck haven't you turned in your grad apps, Kevin? 
Well, I want to enjoy my summer first, Dipshit. I will get working according to the UNM fall schedule, which begins 8-25. On the 25th, I will start the CV by detailing my English classes and a select few physics/math classes. This will allow my CV to hit the desired 2 page length. The letter of intent will cover my grad school goals, gaining experience in rhetoric and composition as well as building a vastly superior portfolio of work. I expect to finish the CV by the end of August and the letters of intent by the 2nd week of September. The third week, I will do the online apps for each school and turn in the requested materials. By October, all three apps will arrive at their destinations.

Next question: How the fuck was your vacation, Kevin?
Well, it had its high points and low points. The low point is the fact that I should keep my vacations to 8 days or less. THis epic 12 day thing drug on during the last couple days of July, The camping went well, except we chose a spot that had been degraded to 40% of its size and we did everything there was to do there in one day as opposed to three. There were secondary efforts to do another camp out, but stars are tough to align more than once. 

The wedding was pretty cool and it deserves a few comments. Congrats to my long-time friend Jon  on getting hitched, thus completing the Anderson weeding trilogy...ROFL ANother lol@the wedding for two reasons: the Irene Mathelete shirt and the Greg & Betty Debacle. 

The Mathelete shirt was a ratty pink shirt with "I dream of the Pythagorean Theorem" and its formula on the front with "Irene Mathelete" on the back. Even funnier was the fact the sleeves were ripped. Just when me and my sister were gonna get [pics of it, someone had snatched it during the riverwalk. Why someone would swipe the ratty ass shirt boggles the mind. Only thing I can thing of is someone saw us examine it the first time.

The Greg & Betty debacle is as exciting, but still odd enough to mention. For Jon's wedding, they had a batch of shot glasses with a 1940s car "Sarah & Jon" on the top and their date, August 1st, on the bottom. My sister grabbed a couple shot glasses and gave one to me. I began laughing and my sis question the said outburst. I prompty showed her the cause, a rogue shot glass with old english font "Greg & Betty" a drunken version of the 1940s car, and August 8th at the bottom. Jon's sister Diana was the first to be shown the oddball alcohol containment device, leading to finally showing Jon & Sarah the glass designer's escapee. I was given an authentic shot glass for my attention to detail. Neat to get a double shot in one night. Sice today is the 8th....CONGRATS GREG & BETTY....where ever and whoever you two lovebirds are!!!!!!!

Third question: What the fuck else is new, dumbass?
Hmmm.....I'm glad you asked that question. My weight is 257 (damn vacation gainage) and I'll begin the first month of the dual loss campaign. NG-wise, I'm still holding onto my same spots, not much excitement at the top. Evil Alliance 3: Ultimate Finality writingwill begin October 1st. and I'm now at 11 albums for the Kevin Anthology Vol. 2. Fantasy football begins in three weeks...YAY...and fantasy golf has slipped a bit to the 85%.

Final question: What's with this title numbering bullshit, asshat?
Geeeze kumquat! It almost seems I'm counting down to something. Well, yes I am. My last blog entry will be during December 2009. I am doing this because myspace pretty much blows ass and facebook is the superior shit. I will keep my account, but only to monitor a select few bands for information. Well, that sums all the shit up. See yizzall in a month, cuntilstilskinz!

Next Time: Probably some kind of fancy character for the number 4.
Saturday, July 11, 2009 
Just under 5000 views and things move by at a snail's pace.

I've applied to nearly 150 positions since the start of April, with minimal reply. Given the economic pick making a timely arrival for 2011, I'm glad I chose to gather things for grad school as opposed to put up with lack of interviews.

I have an upcoming visit to the state of Nebraska in less than two weeks. Oddly enough, a week after my 10 year HS reunion. Oh well, circumstances had to take precedent over that. The trip will involve camping, drinking, and maybe some other social crap, we'll see. I'l be good to see old friends, yet the weather will probably suck.

I currently weigh 251 lbs and will probably start Xenedrine and the full-scale meal plan after the trip is complete.

Grad. School-wise, I only need to write up my letter of intent. I improved my resume and may alter it with detail of classes to make it a CV. I hope to get my applications for Fall 2010 in by mid september, retake of the GRE notwithstanding. Immediate future revolves around acceptance to either UNL or UNM for grad. school. ASU is a nice and unique third choice, but really isn't likely.

The writing of Evil Alliance 3: Ultimate Finality will begin once the apps are in the mail. THe writing will be pretty much continuous until I get ready for grad school. Good thing my loans aren't due till june of 2011.

I added 3 fantasy football leagues and am holding in the upper 87% ranking for fantasy golf. I may try out fantasy basketball at the end of the year.

I finally archived all my VHS tapes, thanks to a back injury and deciding not to be bored. I'll probably start my sisters collection this coming weekend. Not much else to waste my time on, other than the fact that the title number has significance in regards to this site as a whole.

Next Time: No wonder so may have gone...
Friday, June 12, 2009 
"Block one sense, you reaffirm that individual's determination. Block two senses, you make them fight for their life. Block three senses, well, they become functionless."

The following is a statement I've been pondering, especially in regards to worldy interaction. Radio occupies one sense, hearing. Television and its offspring occupy two senses, sight and sound. The internet provides the womb for the final distractor, as yet to be determined. 

VR failed miserably as its level of authenticity in regards to the space easily allows a subject to discern transitions. But technology is starting to catch up in resolution. A resolution of 10e17 pixels per square inch would be enough to fool the eye 99% of the time. This would be equivalent to pixels the size of simple atoms themselves. If strict photonic pixelation is used, the we'd have 100% visual distraction.

Add in interactivity of a 5th generation internet(sorry, we're only starting 3G), a sensory detection grid meshed under the skin, and all the statistical and historical information to say, 2023, they, it just may be possible to begin stasiaspherical closure, or in a funnier presentation, ziplock bags for the human soul.

I still have to laugh at those who were unprepared for the Digital Division, despite nearly 600 days. Save a nickel a day, you would've gotten a converter box today. But, alas, all major forms of communication are under one medium of execution. This is the golden spike of the 21st century. The skeleton to a supramedia sphere is complete. Al that is left is to fill in the mechanics and allow the others to catch up.

There hasn't been much activity on the job front. I've changed up to applying on sundays so cronies have no choice but to reply in some form or another. This has improved the response rate by three-fold. I will keep at things till December, by then I may know of graduate school options. Speaking of grad school, an area I've become interested in is the digital sphere, internet advancement, and forms of sensory distraction. The means to make the connection via mind and body so seamless, they actually do become one. We'll see how things develop. The only things I need to get in order are my CV and letter of intents. At the end of August, I will put the GRE plan into effect and have the applications off by October 1st.

In regards to the usuals, #42 and #148 for BP and EXP points on Newgrounds. Fantasy golf has moved up to the 86%. Just signed up for three fantasy football leagues on yahoo. I will leave one open if friends decide to form a league. Weight is 255 and holding. Supplies for meal transition are almost complete. I have the opportunity to complete the dark triad concert series: NIN, Marilyn Manson, and Tool. As a special bonus, Combichrist next week. 

Visitation time to the origin should be pinned down for July 23rd to August 3rd. Until Skynet puts popup ads on all left hands. Have fun being stupid. Next Time: All the fate you'll never make.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 
Zero divided by zero should be 1, infinity, or 0? *dawn of the trinary system LULZ Yes, my tenure at UNM is now complete and it is raining in Albuquerque for the seventh time this year. I received a 4.0 semester and should get a 3.8 cumulative GPA. This will be most precious for graduate school applications. I saw NIN & Jane's Addiction concert just before my last final. Nice to know 4 hours of loud music and idiotic antics didn't alter my perfection. 


The summer will be executed as follows: I must first weed out the useless crap lying around and get my pit cleaned up. Things have gotten rather messy in the past 9 weeks. I will attempt the GRE once more to see if I can raise my verbal score. However, UNL doesn't require it, so either way it will show a bonus. Following this, I shall continue writing of Evil Alliance 3: Ultimate Finality, make a trip to Nebraska in late July. In August, I will focus on completing my grad school apps and getting them all in by September.


Having the family visit was pretty cool, sadly it was only for the weekend. The gifts were well received and are will be greatly utilized (not to mention the PBR and alien ale sitting in my fridge). Now, I need to remind someone to send me a pic to photoshop for a special edition "Future FAIL" image. Unless, they got gunned down by Wyatt Earp and Marshall Dillion. WHo knows what nasty suprisies MZ. KITTY would execute...*shudders*


On to the usual parameters. Weight is down to the low 250's; 253 right now. This, and future loss is expected since I returned to my apocalypse meal plan. My store carries xenedrine. This is also good since this will accelerate the process immensely. Hence, one of my gift redeems will be xenedrine or a 1 terabyte HD. NG-wise,  I am #152 and #42 for EXP and BP points respectively. An interesting note is that my blams lead my saves by only 327 points. My saves have never lead since I became a member of NG back in December of 2003. Fantasy golf is hold in the mid 80% usually 84-87% so far. 


Not much else to cover. It will be an endeavor to sort my crap, well not really...I kinda know what I need to toss out :) OH well....I got PBR'z to drink.


Next Time: I am lazier than you and will forever get away with it.

Friday, May 15, 2009 
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Friday, April 03, 2009 
NO. its not about everyone...lol The month of March practically teleported from me. Both visits were pretty sweet, and the spring break even better. Only bad thing was no hoverrounds. Got plenty of pictures to develop and some funny ass clips to use for WID: The Movie...if I ever get around to making it.

Back in the school grind, trying to bust my ass and get shit done and graduate. I've already bought some of the regalia, and will probably get the cap/gown and other shit later in the week. Only Mr. T will have more graduation bling come May 16th. I've already been applying for jobs, i.e. Retail wasn't the wisest of choices for the while the economy's smokin' a J. Either way, a new job, or a 2nd job will be needed, otherwise I'll be bankrupt in 14 months.

For NG, #43 for BP points and #154 for EXP points, level 42/60. EA-wise, had a burst of creativity and did four more albums after doing just three in 2008. I'll do a final author album and finally lay the saga to rest. SHould be able to get another 20 pages knocked out of EA3 by the end of May. I'll then book the GRE sequel and use June to hammer that out.

More than likely, I'll shift my next Nebraska visit to about July 20th-Aug 2nd. That way I can knock out a reunion, wedding, and actually celebrating my birthday for the first time in 12 years. We'll see how the shit flies, as obviously a change in employment and what not would greatly alter this. See you at the ceremonies.

Next Time: À tous d'entre vous, ne craignez jamais, c'est juste le commencement!
Monday, March 02, 2009 
Man.....time flies.....and not much has changed. Except for schoolwork being busy...or so my excuse goes. The trip to the earth's facial scar is slated and expected to be a dandy ol'tyme! All of the ramblings of the previous month's inquiry are still on target. However, I may need to find a different individual for the 3rd LOR. Seems someone's welching on their promise.

I capitalized on an interesting opportunity today. I was able to see Maynard James Keenan at the Whole Foods on Carlisle earlier today. He was signing selected bottles of his Arizona Stronghold wine. I had marked three different wines (the Nachies, Mangus, and the chupacabra) for purchase, but quickly found out they were running out, and only the chupa was available. With my #764 ticket in hand, the line was ran through the purchasing and eventual signing of the bottles. I held to my purchase of three bottles at 30 bucks a pop. Like being ushered to meet some ancient oracle, I finally got to see Maynard and Eric, the owners of ASV. Eric was the more talkative one while Maynard acted like how I used to at high school yearbook signings, rather quite, agitated and moderately avoident of eye contact. I wonder what was bugging him. The line systematically continued and was a bit annoyed that the muddling fingers of the multitude of secruity/staff/idiot/morons smudged one of the autographs(eric's). Guess this means that one of the bottle must be drunk....damn lol OH well, I sucked it up and returned to my stronghold happy that I checked another life event off my list: Meeting a rockstar in person.

Newgrounds: #157 for EXP, #43 for BP.

In honor of Paul Harvey, Here's the rrrrrrrest of the story:

About a week ago when I did laundry, this one annoying gentlemen came in to do his laundry. At first, his asking various individuals about spare quarters for laundry didn't raise any eyebrows, but the blaring 40s music from a small palm cassette recorder did. He would mutter things like "any quarters for laundry?" or "here, for 50 cents" "its only 50 cents" when shown a baseball card(I didnt bother to pay attention to who).

Throughout the course of the wash cycle and through drying my clothes, the odd gentleman, now dubbed "50 cent" due to his constant peddling of his shitty baseball cards, pieces of candy, and most of all, the absolutely distracting oldies music coming from his little palm 'corder, would mark his entrance to the laundromat (and to the other business he would walk in and out of). At one point he hits a button on the said device and screams into it " THE GREATEST ROCK 'N' ROLL OLDIES SHOW!!!" which would be repeated by the device with a rather static-infested reply.

Snickering was quite abound. Every time the music announced his entry, me, one of the dryer repairmen, and the manager all grinned. The guy had sold a bunch of baseball cards to the repairman for $2 in quarters, despite having multitudes of spare change in his pockets. He would bug the manager for quarters, with "dude, you're loaded" being the only reply. When he showed some random woman a baseball card, I busted out laughing. He lacked the peripherals to notice his environment.

When he was off on another quarter hunt, this time at the Big 5 Sporting goods store across the street, I asked the manager if he ever saw him before:

"Has that guy been in here before? I just can't hold back from laughing." I asked with muffled giggles in between sentences.

"HA! Bro, I've seen him a couple times before," he replied with a childish sneer, "me and some homies ran into him over on Old Coors."

"..and he was the same?" I ask, awaiting for the right hook of humor to knock the laughter out of me.

"Hell yea," he continued as I folded the last of my clothes and tucked them into my laundry bag, "We asked him, 'whutcha doing all the way over here?' and he sez....

"his job sucks."

A delayed reaction. I smile almost wickedly as I heave my laundry bag into my car and speed off to the nearest turn lane onto Menaul.

"HIS JOB SUCKS!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

I finally stop laughing when an annoyed driver behind me honks. With peeved glare through my rear-view mirror, I continue through the turn, eventually out flossin' the other drivers.

"....his job sucks."

...........and that is the rrrrrest of the story.