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I, Chris Cornell, am Leaving Audioslave

Chris — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:24:17 +0000

It seems as though my boy, Chris Cornell has left Audioslave. There has been a HUGE spike in traffic over the last day because of that, but I’m sorry, but you’ve reached the wrong Chris Cornell. So if you’re looking for information on the other Chris Cornell, try his page.

Sometimes I hate having a (somewhat) famous name.

Budget Freak

Chris — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:37:38 +0000

Hey there. Long time no talk. Just wanted to note that I’ve started a new blog called Budget Freak where I’ll be talking about saving money and all sorts of personal finance issues. Please go check it out!

http://www.budgetfreak.com

Booze Bliss

Chris — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:02:28 +0000

What does $500 worth of alcohol buy you???

Changes

Chris — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:41:33 +0000

Another two months have passed since I’ve updated my blog, but that’s pretty much par for the course. As usual, I’ll sum up the last couple months in one post. I started a new job about a month ago at a company called Environmental Data Solutions Group, or EDSG for short. They’re an environmental data management consulting company. I’m part of their EMIS team, so I’m doing IT work, data analysis, comptuer programming, software implementation, and all that other cool computer stuff. I’m really enjoying things so far, so I’m happy. Right now, I split my time at an oil refinery in Carson, LAX, and my home office. Commuting from Valencia was out of the question, so I’ve moved down to Sherman Oaks. Mike and I are going to be roommates (when he moves in next week), and we’re living right across the courtyard from Manny and Nick. Needless to say, it’s a huge improvement over living at home. I even have some pictures of the apartment if you’re interested. The other big news is that I have a girlfriend now. Danielle is her name, and she’s pretty awesome. I’m sure I’ll blog about her later, so stay tuned.

Well, that’s the past two months in a nutshell. I gotta say things are going pretty well, and I’m happy. As I’ve promised before, I’ll try and keep this updated. Stay tuned…

The Lange’s are Moving Away

Chris — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:43:12 +0000

This weekend was Cody and Jen’s last here in SoCal. They are moving to Colorado later this week. We spent most of the weekend just hanging out, pictures here and here. It’s so sad, but I wish them the best of luck in Colorado.

I also added pictures from Monday’s bowling night a couple weeks ago. That puts my picture gallery at well over 1,000 total pictures! WooHoo!

One more thing, the LA Times had a pretty good article this morning, about Joe Francis, the creator of the Girls Gone Wild series. It made my skin crawl, this guy is such a creep.

Insurance Woes

Chris — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:53:03 +0000

I was rear ended about a month ago on my way home from work. Some little Saturn wasn’t paying attention and nailed my bumper. His front was jacked up, but my rear bumper just had a little dent. It still needed to be repaired, so I had to take it into the body shop. [Side Note: I had to get a rental car for the week my car was there, so I really wanted to get a Dodge Charger, but they didn't have any. So, I got the next best thing, a Chrysler 300C, with the HEMI engine. It was totally awesome.] Anyways, I went to pick up my truck a week later, and to my great suprise, they charged me my deductible, $1000! I was sure there was something wrong, after all, it had been 2 weeks since I filed my claim, so they surely should have found the other guy at fault and waive my deductible. No such luck. I had to dish out a grand to get my truck back.

So I’m pissed. I called my worthless claims adjuster, and he gave me some spiel about how he couldn’t get a hold of the other insurance company, and it would have to go through “subrogation” and that it could take up to 3 months to get my money back. Horse crap. The day before this, I had filed my own claim with this dude’s insurance company (to get reimbursed for my rental). The SAME day, an adjuster calls me back, says his driver is at fault, and all I had to do was fax my rental invoice over, and they’d cut me a check. Same freakin day!

So now I’m really pissed. It’s now 4 weeks after the accident, and I still haven’t even heard back from my adjuster. I call him Thursday, no return call. I call him Friday, no return call. I call him again today, doesn’t pick up, so his voice mail say, “if I’m not doing a satisfactory job, you can talk to my supervisor, blah, blah, blah.” So I get his supervisor on the phone, tell her this chump is giving me the run-around, not returning my calls, and really pissing me off. So she looks at my file, gives me the same “subrogation” line, could take up to 3 months, etc.

Now I’m livid. I explain to her that I talked to the other dude’s insurance, and they already assesed blame, and they were cutting me a check. So finally she just says, “Ok, we’ll get a check out to you.” After all that, she has the power to go around “subrogation” and give me my money. What a pain.

I guess I got a little bit of revenge. When I was talking to the supervisor, I told her what a horrible job my claims adjuster was doing, so she made a note of it. About two hours later, the adjuster calls me up (from the calls I left the previous week) and asks how he can help me. I told him everything was fine now, and my check was on the way. So he pulls up my claim, just to double check, and he reads all the comments I left with the supervisor. I think I actually heard his heart break over the phone as he was reading them. He tried to give me some half-assed excuse about how busy he was, but it was too little too late. Thanks for nothing.

People Sleeping In Cars

Chris — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:31:37 +0000

Ok, I’ve finally got some info up over at People Sleeping In Cars. Right now, I’m still working on a logo and site redesign, as well as building up some content. Please, I’m begging you, if you have any pictures of people sleeping in cars, go visit the submission page and send them to me. I’ll keep you posted.

Weekend Pics

Chris — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:51:02 +0000

Big Mike, Golf, Belly Dancing, Hookah, Catch Phrase, Chrysler 300′s, Quasi Blind Dates, and Sushi. Does it get any better? Pictures.

I’m Huge in China

Chris — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:42:33 +0000

I was checking my website stats today, and I noticed an unusual referrer (somebody that has linked to my site). I decided to investigate. The site is in Chinese, but I continue to scroll through, hoping to see my name or a link. Then, out of nowhere, I see this post (scroll down, second picture). What the heck? It looks like he’s talking about UCSB and Isla Vista a lot. I tried translating the text directly below my picture with Babel Fish, and got this:

Typical UCSB sends to the girl, I acknowledged my aesthetic standard has not evolved until today to may appreciate such girl, unfilial Chinese descendant

Anywho, I got a kick out of it. If anybody can properly translate for me, I’d be much obliged.

Ugly Ball Rules

Chris — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:44:14 +0000

Ugly Ball will begin defending it’s Castiac Regional Sports Complex Spring 2006 Wednesday’s Men’s C League Softball title this week. Games are Wednesday nights, followed by copious amounts of beer at Vinny’s Pizza afterwards. I’m so excited.