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Hmmmmmmmmmm

2010-08-05 03:05:33

Man that's slot of mmmmms. I wonder if I should make this post also post to twitter? I'm also really surprised that the iPhone dictionary includes twitter! Anyway I wonder if it would be worth the time. I like having a website but it would be nice if people visited it. I should just utilize the social networks that are already out there.

Updates

2010-07-31 12:08:25

Does anyone come here still? Maybe not. I'm just stoping by to say hi to anyone around and that I'm really getting excited for my fiancé to get here!

Errands = booo

2010-02-21 16:48:38

I really needed to get out this weekend and get to sll those pesky things that I have been avoiding for months. I got the car wash out of the way. Now I'm waiting for an oil change. (I just ran into my boss here.) Then onto shirts and pants purchasing. I hope I can find something I like. I'm always picky about clothes but somehow I never end up getting something I like. We'll see how it goes.

Major overhaul

2010-02-18 01:57:56

I've made a bunch of updates to the site today to give it more of a professional / complete feel. As I become more active at promoting myself as a photographer and designer I need to have a more structured website that is easy for people to navigate. I'm still working on creating a professional portfolio of my best work but I've be able to make other useful additions:

New daily photo page with links to a larger viewing page. (So no more annoying popups)
Removed sections that were not updated frequently like Music, Projects and Links
Added a Newest Images bar to the top of the blog page
Added Twitter feature that automatically tweets whenever I add a new Daily Picture
Added comment counts to the blog page. However, I still haven't fixed the issue with bot spamming the comments

Those are the major changes so far. There will be more to come and hopefully with them more traffic. Once I get out there and hit the streets I want to make sure this is all ready to impress.

Busy-ness ethics

2009-11-07 04:24:47

If you've been around me for the last few weeks then you know how I feel about my job lately. Sometimes I feel bad to complain about it at all seeing as there are so many unemployed people. There are times when I think I should just shut up and accept what I have. At least for the time being. But on the other hand it would be stupid not to take advantage of oppertunities if some should arrive. It's a bit like women I suppose. I gotta go with the ones that give me a chance. Even though those that usually do are unfortunatey aren't the ones that I hope for.

Maybe something useful will come to me in a dream one of these nights. Although I don't think I'm taking the right kinds of chemicals for that.

Staying active

2009-11-05 23:37:36

Now that winter is fast approaching I have to start thinking of things to keep me busy with the sun going down so early.I've been thinking of things like pottery and other creative things of the like. If anyone needs an activity partner let me know. :)

Historical fiction

2009-09-30 14:05:02

As you all know I'm fairly bad at posting here on a regualr basis. But what's even worse is that what I do post here seems to be a bunch of plans and aspirations that have never come to fruition. Now I realize that it's is quite difficult to know exactly what will happen in the future but having a blog like this makes it very easy to see where it has deviated from expectation. This realization leaves me with only 2 options. 1) Stop writing about things that I hope to accomplish or 2) Try harder to accomplish the things I set out to do. As a fairly positive individual I'm tending twords the second option. However, I sometimes feel like I should stop trying to make my life a certain way and just go with the opterunities that are presented to me. I know I can't fully live in either paradigm and I know there is happiness to be found in both.

When I look back I also see times in which I accomplished exactly what I set out to do. But in those cases where I was successful the risks were minimal. But do higher risks mean higher returns? I don't know. Either way it was an interesting thing to notice about my life and hopefuly it'll have an effect on my choices in the near future.

Exactly!

2009-09-28 17:01:27

�We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are for, I�m not sure.�

- W.H. Auden.

Toro Nagashi

2009-08-08 05:03:58

I went to the Lantern ceremony at Greenlake yesterday and while I was there I figured I should shoot some video for practice.

http://www.vimeo.com/6003645

I haven't been keeping up

2009-06-15 03:24:17

I've been slacking on my daily photos. :( But I have 2 fairly good reasons. 1. I was looking for an apartment and I'm getting ready to move and 2. I'm working on video at the moment, which is taking more of my time but producing less rapid results. But for those of you who actually come here looking for some real content I promise at least something slightly interesting in the next month.

Just got back

2009-05-27 03:51:30

From the Californ-i-a. Lots of fun, great weather and a bit of driving. I'm sure I've got more to say but here's the pics to tell the story:

Pics

My time

2009-05-26 02:47:20

I'm taking a break on my way back from LA. I'm going to sleep for a while then do the last 12 hour stretch. You know, there is so much to learn when you have 20 hours to yourself. I've learned things about myself as well as the people I drive next to. It's really amazing what you can learn about a person when you drive next to them for a whole day. You can't talk to them or really share any information but it's like you really get to know them. My time in LA was great too. It was a much needed displacement. Getting out if my element really helped to put things in perspective. I feel like I might know where I'm heading in life. Now I just have to work on getting there. (Which is really the fun part anyway.)

LA LA LA!

2009-05-23 15:13:59

I'm sitting in the lobby of the Westin hotel in LA waiting fir them to find me a room. They neglected to mention that I can't have a room till one becomes available. It makes sense but I do hate just waiting here. I want to do something more fun if I'm on a vacation. And I really want to take a shower. Maybe I'm just cranky because I haven't slept in a while and I'm starving. I did go to the beach by myself already this morning but hopefuly I'll be able to meet my friends soon. I swear it feels like they don't even want to hang out with me.

Some more updates

2009-05-01 04:07:07

I added a few new things to the site that I'd like to let you all know about. First is the new Photos page. The link no longer just Picasa. Instead it has a list of different galleries as well as a link to the Picasa site. The second main change is that I've added a new daily photo page where I'll post a picture from each day. I hope that it will make me go out and shoot more. I've really been slacking these days and besides I've got plenty of time to do it now. I've also created an RSS feed if you want to follow it that way.

Oh would you look at that

2009-04-27 23:59:17

I've added the option for you all to add comments to my posts. I'm not going to mess with the whole account issue thing so they'll all be anonymous. So feel free to write some stuffs.

Conventional wisdom

2009-04-27 22:06:45

I started considering creating a convention / festival of sorts a few months ago. (Well maybe more like 7) Now I'm beginning to think about setting it up again. There's a lot to consider but I have a lot of time right now. Plus it would be nice to have a new long term goal to start thinking about.

I feel like I have something important to say

2009-04-24 16:03:54

But I can't really figure out how to say it yet. I feel like I'm on the verge of understanding something important but I haven't given my self the time to really think about it yet. At least not in an unclouded way.

I'm 29 now and next year is the most important deadline of my life. (At least according to sitcoms.) Not that I really rely on them to determine important aspects of my life but it is a good time to take pause. I have these little ideas rattling around my head about what the next 20, 30, 40 years look like. Some visions I like and some terrify me. Some of them are about doing what I love and others are just about survival. The dilemma that I face is this:

Think about anyone in history, famous or otherwise. Did anyone get to do what they truly love without sacrificing aspects of themselves as well as others close to them. Did anyone that realized their dream do it with out taking something significant from their loved ones? Whether it be monetary, mental or emotional.

I have no problems sacrificing my self to fulfill my dreams but I can't ask anyone else to do that for my sake. Especially if I don't truly know what I need to become.

Hmmmmm....

Can't wait

2009-04-02 16:14:05

but for what? I have so many little projects and ideas lined up I hope I can remember what I planned to do. It will be sad to just see my money going away without anything new coming in.

2 days left

2009-03-31 20:57:50

Not much longer now till I'm jobless. I have to start training the new person, so I have to make sure I wake up pm time. I'm not really used to a schedule. Actually I think I met the new girl at a party I went to. (hope I made a good impression then.) Training is so boring though :( I hope her Japanese is good. That will make the transition alot easier.

i can't wait to see my friend from Vancouver. It's nice to have some fun planned during my break. But I still have alot of planning left to do.

Whaaaaaaa?

2009-03-22 17:02:41

10 MEET girl
20 INSERT foot > mouth
30 GOTO 10

Do you ever feel like your life is mechanical? Like you're just programmed to make the same mistakes over and over? But what's the alternative? Do nothing? Grumble grumble.

Oh yeah. Gotta make that list of stuff to do.

10 days to go

2009-03-18 16:03:09

...then FREEDOM! Well at least the freedom to not have to do this job anymore. But I have to say these last few weeks are going to be hard. I'm keeping at it but I'm really pretty zoned out. I have no real plans yet except visiting some friends and driving around a bit. I know there's some stuff I want to accomplish with this freetime but I need to make a list first. Now that I'm single again I guess I have no excuse: I will have nothing but freetime. I guess I could meet some girls somewhere. Do some speed-dating or something like that. But I don't know what to do. I already know a girl I really want to be with but she lives really far away. There's not much I can do but I still think about her everyday. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll get to spend time with her soon. Then maybe I'll be able to find out if she has any feelings for me.

I shouldn't be going and getting my hopes up, but it's nice having hopes. I'd be really lucky to have a girl like her. Anyway, I gotta work on my life first and do the stuff I've ignored for the past year. If I figure that out I'll let you all know.

Nearing the end of the road

2009-03-04 13:37:00

21 days left until the end of my contract. Then, the wonderful world of unemployment. This forced "vacation" is sort of a mixed blessing. On the one hand I'll be glad to be done with this mind-numbingly boring job. On the other... well... no income. I've been saving so that I can live without work for 3 months but thats without alot of frills. I'll have to get used to that pretty quick. There are alot of things I want to accomplish with this time. First of all I want to visit people I haven't seen in a long while. That'll take a bit of money but I think I can stretch it out. But most importantly I want to figure out what the hell I'm doing. All I know so far is that I have no intention going on as a contract worker for the rest of my life. But I haven't got a clue beyond that. I think being a corporate lacky just doesn't go well with my personality. Giving a crap about something when I get up in the morning would be great.

Well... back to the job...

Life as it is

2009-02-18 03:29:56

For those of you that know me you have probably heard that I've finally met someone. Unfortunately I can no longer complain about being single and lamenting that women don't understand me. :) I guess it's really been a long time coming. It's a bit of a change but to my surprise I still feel the same. Well... I didn't really expect to become any different but I do feel pretty good about the way things are going.

My professional life however is not quite as spectacular. If you know about the Microsoft contract hullabaloo you know why I have a bit of free time coming up. I'm not really looking forward to it. But, I really hope I can use the time to change my life in a good way. Since I came back from japan I've been operating with out much of a plan, just working to make money but putting off making any commitments. But hey, now I've got someone to make plans with :)

I'm in Canada foo!

2008-12-20 16:42:33

Hangin out waiting for my friend to get off work. We're going to go check out the Christmas lights at Stanley park tonight. The trip up here wasn't too bad. Hopefuly the trip back won't be too bad. There's supposed to be a big storm tonight but I hope the roads will be cleared up by tomorrow evening. It's really beautiful up here in the winter, I should really come up more often.

It's done

2008-12-04 02:10:44

I finally finished something! I've been working with this light thing for a few months now, but it hasn't really had any character... until now! Basically I mounted the driver board, added some switches and a modular plug for quick arduino attachment and... boom!
Glowy ball of doom

Digital mood ring

2008-11-29 20:46:03

Well kind of... it's a little too big to fit on your finger but it works in basically the same way. Just another one of my wacky projects. Check out the video here.

Long days ahead.

2008-11-22 00:37:13

I just finished my 2nd 12 hour day. I've only got 3 more to go... I think. I hope that means that I get a long thanksgiving break. Hopefuly I'll make it that long.

Winter game playlist

2008-11-13 16:32:07

This list is mostly for me to remember what to play but it's also for if any of you want to do some multiplayer.

Gears of War 2
Fable 2
Mirrors Edge
Left 4 Dead
Fallout 3

And some unfinished ones:

Dead Space
Little Big Planet

That's all for now. I might add or subtract some depending on time and interest.

Apple cider haus rulez!

2008-11-13 11:33:50

Boy o boy I love me some hot cider. It tastes like Christmas! I'm so glad the break room here at work it always stocked full of it. You know what would go good with that would be a nice cool morning ride on a ferry. Maybe I'll do that this weekend if my body lets me get up that early.

Now that the elections are over...

2008-11-12 02:33:25

I've really got to find something else to talk about. :) There's not really much going on in my life right now except the basics: just getting by one day at a time. I guess that's ok for now but it would be nice to have something else to do after work besides feeding my fish. (Well I guess there's also video games.) But that's not much to brag about. I've sort of gotten lazy with my hobbies. I really need to finish up some unfinished projects. Just got to find that motivation somewhere.